When her dad’s gone, Emma moves to a new academy for a fresh start, but the town’s BIG FOUR, Rowan, August, Liam and Karl, rule everything. Each dangerous, magnetic, and unpredictable, they pull her into their dark world. But the real danger isn’t them—it’s the secret deal that ties her to a deadly game she was never meant to play.
Stepping back, I lean against the wall and watch the rats burrow their way out, not moving a muscle until I can hear his shrill screams cut off. Part of me wonders how much of this was for answers and how much was for a girl I’m not sure we can trust. EMMA Mondays are…
“What the fuck do you mean? Why haven’t you called for Thomas?” He asks like I’m some idiot, or maybe he’s one if he couldn’t comprehend what I just said. “Well, I was planning on calling him once I found somewhere safe to hide and could use my phone.” His eyebrows descend from his hairline,…
Karl: Again Rowan ???????? I don’t even bother texting them anything else. I put my jet black Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ with full-length jet orange racing stripes in drive. Revving the engine and punching it out of the garage, I’m hoping to outrun my worry for Emma’s safety. This person is getting bolder, and…
I yank at my hair, curls uncoiling to be straight. I’m well past losing my shit. We weren’t successful in locating the person who sent the first package. Karl couldn’t get any accurate information from Pamela before he killed her. Even after hours of torture, she only remembered waking with no left hand. The dumb…
“Play me?” I mutter, reading the note in the envelope. Sighing, I rip open the smaller box, and sure enough, there’s a small voice recorder inside, along with another freaking box. I hit play on the recorder. Silence, nothing plays. I shake it, but still nothing. I’m about to check the batteries when an auto-tuned…
August is already shaking his head, not remotely convinced. He’s going to be a severe problem. Once this fuckhead latches on to something, there’s nothing that can change his mind. “Not a chance. While you and Liam were too busy up each other’s asses about how wrong my Riri is, I was doing work. I…
I feel the light sting as he drags the blade’s tip over my shirt, swirling its sharp point over my nipple. My black Aerosmith tee and bra do nothing to protect me from the sensations the blade brings. Jolts of something I don’t want to acknowledge stir inside me, starting at the pit of my…
“Okay, see you tonight,” she says, heading toward her locker. Refocusing, I open my locker, and a note attached to a lily falls out, landing at my feet. I would get annoyed that someone once again has been in my locker and that the whole point of the fingerprint scanner is so that no one…
Exhaling, I open the drawer and pull out the smelling salts. Maybe I got a little carried away. As I’m about to wake her, my phone rings through the speakers, cutting off my playlist and announcing August is calling. I quickly answer, “Wy, what’s up?” “You need to get over here. Rowan is having a…
I swear, with every answer I get, I find five new questions. The most pressing, at this moment, what the hell will my life be now that I’ve been selected? KARL “No, please, stop.” My hands are tied behind my back. The men never listen to my pleas. Why hasn’t my dad come for me?…