Chapter 10

Chapter Ten

Vox

It’s been two weeks since Nova Quinlin arrived in Hollow Hills and started Haven Prep. The guys and I have made sure to make her hate her life a little more each passing day. Archer torments her and destroys her books every math lesson. Hayze spreads rumors all throughout their English class that she has been blowing him after practice every day. I poke and prod her with my pencil in chem, yesterday I took it one step further and slid my hand between her thighs, forcing her to clench them. Given we had a test she couldn’t call out for help so I had the entire lesson to tease her and brush my fingers over her pussy the whole class. By the end of it I could feel how wet she was for me. It gave me great satisfaction to watch her run out of class with her head down in shame.

Today though, Ezekiel took it a step further and loosened the top rope in the gym. I was shocked to hear that she nearly reached the top before the rope gave way and she fell. The whole school has been talking about it all morning and I haven’t been able to stop myself from smiling at the thought of her screaming her head off and being in pain. She won’t last much longer and soon she will be begging for the torment to end. I walk out of my math class and head toward the cafeteria to meet the guys. I head out the side door to go around the back of the building so I don’t get in the throes of students, but at the sound of her voice I pause and slowly slink forward to peer around the corner, then frown at the sight of her being dragged against the side of the building by her arms as Nexus gets right in her face.

“Fuck off, Nexus,” she snarls. I thought after her fall she would have been sent home but clearly I underestimated the bitch.

“Tell me which one of them did this to you?” he shouts.

“They didn’t do shit—” Her words are cut off when he yanks her shirt up and I spy the purple bruise along her side and I have no doubt the rest is hidden beneath her skirt.

“I know they did this to you. Leo told me he saw Ezekiel go into the gym first thing this morning before school started and made sure you were the first to climb before anyone else!” Leo is getting more than a broken nose now, that fucker is getting nailed at training today. I’ll make sure he can’t finish out the season for this.

“Leo is full of shit, he just wants to get into Vivian’s pants.” My nostrils flare at the way this cunt is speaking about my sister. “He’s lying because he wants to get back at Vox for making Vivi off limits to everyone. Easiest way for him to do that is to go for the kings’ minions and cause distress from the inside. Now get the fuck off me, Nexus!” He growls right in her face then shoves her hard against the wall before stalking off. I wait till he disappears around the corner before making my presence known. She straightens her shirt and skirt, then winces as she bends down to collect her bag off the ground. When she straightens up and sees me standing there her eyes narrow and hatred wafts off her in waves. “You here to collect your blow job?” she spits.

I purse my lips and pretend to ponder her request for a second before shaking my head. “Nah, that’s more of Hayze’s thing.” She rolls her eyes, flips me off, then starts walking toward the cafeteria. I eat the space up between us in two strides and fall into step beside her. She looks up at me in outrage, then slams to a stop. I peer down at her with a brow raised.

“What the fuck do you want, Vox?” I take in the sight of her. The dark circles under her eyes tell me she isn’t sleeping well. I reach out and twirl a strand of her hair around my finger. A week ago she would have batted my hand away but she has learned that fighting back just makes shit worse for her not us.

“Why was Nexus hassling you?”

She snorts. “Because it’s the little weasels M.O. Why the fuck do you care?”

I tug her hair and relish in the sight of her wincing in pain but she doesn’t make a sound. “I don’t, but the next time my sister’s name comes out of your mouth like that, I will make sure that the rumors of you sucking my boy’s cock aren’t just rumors.” She shoves me in the chest but I don’t budge.

“Fuck you and fuck your stupid-ass friends.”

“You want to fuck me?” Her nostrils flare in outrage.

“I wouldn’t fuck you if you were the last person on earth!” she grits out through clenched teeth.

I lean down so my lips brush the shell of her ear. “Your pussy getting wet for me says otherwise.”

“My pussy got wet for someone else the other night so don’t think you're special.” I pull back and stare right into those green eyes with a hint of yellow and ask.

“Got a secret admirer?” As if she has just realized her slip, she swallows and tries to act unbothered as she answers.

“No, just Waylen.” She stalks off leaving me standing here wondering who the fuck this Waylen cunt is and where can I find the little bitch.

I’m sitting in the living room with Arch, Hayze and Ezekiel, waiting for Vivian to get her ass home so I can grill my sister. For the rest of the fucking day I have been trying to track down this Waylen cunt. If this little fuck thinks he can play with our toy he has another thing coming. Nova is ours to play with and torment, no one else gets to touch her.

“Nexus is starting to show his crazy,” Archer says from his seat, his focus on the TV as him and Hayze battle each other in Fortnite like a couple of fucking twelve-years-olds.

“Why?” I ask.

He shrugs. “He’s been to the hall four times since we last went. When I asked him about it he lied to my face and said he hadn’t been back.” I scratch my chin and lean back in my seat, mulling over his words.

“There is only one reason that little cocksucker would be lying and going back there without us.” All three of them turn to me but it’s Ezekiel who speaks.

“He’s trying to find a way to change my father’s ruling so he can take over.” I nod my head somberly.

“He won’t let us live if he takes over,” Hayze adds.

“We need information on Nexus. I need blackmail material and there is only one person who can get that for us. I won’t allow him to lead and I sure as fuck won’t allow my sister to be blooded in.” The three of them have angry looks on their faces at the thought of Vivian being blooded in. Unlike movies, you don’t slice your palm and drip blood into a bowl then boom you’re in. If it were only that simple. For the Haven Saints you have to walk the fucking line. Being a woman, they will make her strip and do that shit naked and bare for all to maim anyway they see fit. My father did it, so did Ez’s dad and Thomas. Every Lord has had to walk the line and they have all wound up in the hospital for weeks after it—like fuck will I ever allow my sister to be put through that.

“You want to press Nova for information on her stepbrother?” Archer asks with his gaze now focused out the window.

“She has to know something,” I bite out.

“What if she doesn’t?” Hayze says.

I scrub a hand down my face. I have thought about that fact but living in the same house as Thomas and Nexus she would have to have heard something or seen something at the very least.

“We’re about to find out,” Archer announces. I frown at the fucker but I don’t get a chance to question him, the front door opens and Vivian walks in with Nova. I smile at the sight of them both until I spot Nova’s split lip and bruised cheek, her shirt is torn and covered in dirt and grass stains. Her hair is littered with leaves. I cut a glance to my boys asking them without words if one of them did this—they all shake their heads. We have fucked with her but none of us would ever go as far as to actually beat her.

“My room is the second on the right up the stairs, I’ll grab some things and be up soon.” Nova nods and keeps her head down, refusing to look at any of us as she follows Vivi’s order. The second I hear my sister’s bedroom door click shut, I leap over the arm of the sofa and dash into the kitchen after her with the guys trailing behind me.

“What the fuck happened?” I snap at her. She keeps her back to me as she rummages through the medicine cabinet.

“Stay out of it, Vox,” she snarls as she retrieves the first aid kit and turns to face us with a hurt look in her eyes. “I asked you to back off and leave her alone. I told you she was my friend and now look what you’ve done!” she screams at me.

I reel back. “Vivian, I didn’t fucking touch her!” I roar as I pound a fist against my chest.

“We’ve been here all afternoon since they got out of practice,” Archer says, backing me up.

She shakes her head and sighs. “Yeah, sure.” She brushes past us and goes toward the stairs but I dart in front of her, taking the stairs two at a time ignoring my sister's protest. I burst into her room and slam the door closed behind me, locking it. Nova whirls around with wide eyes in nothing but her bra and skirt.

“What are you doing here?” she asks dejectedly. I ignore her question, and the pounding on the door, as I take in the sight of the new bruises on her body. I saw the one on her side from earlier but the others are fresh, so are the bruises on her arms that were hidden earlier beneath her school blazer. I cross the room and stand before her. She doesn’t flinch when I grip the tops of her shoulders and turn her, a hiss escaping me at the sight of boot prints on her back. I recognize the pattern, those are football cleats. I take a deep breath trying to tamper my rage as I turn her back toward me. I can see the unshed tears in her eyes and that sight has my anger spiking.

“Who. Did. This?”

She scoffs. “Don’t try and act like you don’t know. Message received, Vox.” She pulls free of my hold and shakes her head, then snatches her shirt, blazer and bag off my sister's bed and heads for the door. She yanks it open to reveal Vivian and the guys standing there. My boys either don’t register the bra or they are just too focused on the bruises that litter her tiny body. “You’ve all won, you got what you wanted.”

Hayze jerks back. “Got what?” he slips out.

Nova scoffs. “At least have the decency to do your own dirty work next time and don’t be cowards and cheap shot a girl from behind.” She doesn’t give them a chance to answer as she turns to my sister. “My mom and Thomas are out for the night and Nexus is away. Want to come help me at my house?” Vivian shoots me a death glare, then nods. The four of us watch the girls walk away and don’t utter a single word until they are out of the house.

“I never fucking touched that girl!” Ezekiel vows.

“I would never,” Archer tacks on.

“None of us did but I know who the fuck ordered her to be fucked with and who did it,” I announce.

“Who?” Ez asks.

“Me and Hayze took Leo out for the season for snitching to Nexus. He is the one who would have put him and the others up to jumping Nova and pinning this on us,” I answer.

“How do you know?” Arch grits out through clenched teeth.

“The bruises on her back, they are cleat prints. They would have jumped her after we left practice.” I clench my fists at my side, trying to control my own anger. “They need to be repaid for what they did in our name, I want everyone who touched her out of this town.”

“We can’t get rid of Nexus,” Hayze voices.

“No, but we can ice the cunt out. It’s time he learns we aren't friends. I’m sick of saving face, it’s time we show these cocksuckers that we are not theirs to order around. No more trying to find a way out for my sister. We have the knowledge of their crimes, we just need to find a way to dismantle them from the inside and blackmail each of them until they agree to our terms.”