Page 81 of Healing Souls

Slammingmylockershut,I bang my forehead against it and groan. “Is it Friday yet?”

Grayson sighs from where he stands next to me, putting the stuff he doesn’t need into his locker. “How many more times are you going to ask that?”

I shrug. “Probably until we can leave this shithole on Friday.”

“That’s tomorrow, Ry. It isn’t that far away.”

“It’s fucking far away,” I grumble. I hate being here and away from my girl. I just want to be with her at all times.

Now that she has decided to stay, she has to go back to school, so Rage is getting her set up to start back here on Monday. We’ll have someone staying on school grounds with us from the club for added protection.

The guys went and got Daniel last night and brought him back, but we don’t know where they’re keeping him since they definitely didn’t bring him back to the club. I would know since I stayed up waiting…

I just want one minute. Just give me one full minute with the fucker.

When Rage filled us in on everything when we got back from school yesterday, I told him I wanted to be in the room when he was being questioned. Cade grunted and agreed that he wanted to be in the room too. Rage said that Noah would be doing the questioning, and unfortunately Noah hasn’t let us see that side of him yet. We have seen him get angry or hurt someone, but the true enforcer in him? That hasn’t been shown, not to us.

So instead, we have to wait until Noah is done, and then we get to go in with them. Rage said it’ll be a good test for us to watch him die.

I think Rage keeps underestimating us. He thinks that we won’t actually want to be in this life. Where yes, things have been turned around, but shit still happens, and I know that they have taken multiple lives. Rage doesn’t get that we are all thirsty for it. Even Grayson in his own way craves this life and being fully in it.

“Do you think we’ll be able to talk to Harley tonight? I hate waiting any longer. It feels like we’re stalling,” Grayson says, running an uneasy hand over the back of his neck.

Cade grunts in agreement. “Well, what were we supposed to do? Rage was talking to her about school, but she just seemed off in her own world. I mean, she didn’t even let us stay with her last night. I slept on the fucking floor of the hall again.”

When we got back yesterday, Rage filled us in on everything regarding Daniel and then pulled Harley in and just went over school and the plan for her to start back on Monday. Along with all the boring rules and details no one cares about. But after that, while Harley was acting odd through the whole thing, she said she was too tired for dinner, that today was just exhausting, and she went up to bed.

When I came up after dinner and asked if I could stay with her, she said no, that she was planning on taking a bath and wanted to just be alone for a night.

Something was off, and I knew it. I stayed in the hall, hoping she would end up coming out, having changed her mind, but she never did, and I fell asleep against the wall.

She didn’t come out this morning before we had to leave, and now I am just itching to get home and see her. I don’t care what she says this time; I will just walk right into her room anyway.

“Um, Ry, please keep your cool, okay?” Grayson mumbles to me.

I furrow my brows and glance around before noticing Steph and her fucking minions walking towards us. My fists clench at my sides, and I look at Cayden, who is on the opposite side of me from Grayson. He is staring at her as she slowly approaches us, a disgusting flirty smile on her face.

"Cade, I swear to God—" I begin to mutter under my breath but stop when Cade shoulder checks me and steps in front of Gray and I.

Steph walks straight up to him and rests a hand on his chest.

"Cade," she purrs, "want to skip the next class with me?"

Cade wraps his fingers around her wrist and pulls her hand off his chest, but he doesn't release her. Instead, he yanks her closer and talks low in her ear. I can't hear what he says, but I'm ready to beat the shit out of him if he doesn't get his hands off her.

"Why?" Steph whines as she pulls away from him, a fake ugly pout rests on her lips. "Things were getting good."

"I let you suck my cock one time. You couldn't even get me off. Things weren't good. Now fuck off. Stay away from me and my brothers," Cade growls.

Steph opens her mouth to say more, but I'm pretty sure my ears will explode if I have to listen to her whine more, so I quickly slide around Cade. "Shoo, bitch. I don't know what he ever saw in you to begin with. You treat everyone like they are beneath you. It's not attractive. Quit while you're ahead. I can promise you don't want to piss Cade off. He won't be nice."

She crosses her arms and narrows her eyes before spinning around and stomping off with her little posse behind her. As soon as she's around the corner heading down another hall, I turn back around and raise a brow at Cade. "About damn fucking time."

Cade sighs, running a hand through his hair before pulling out his phone. A minute later, Grayson's and I's phones buzz.

Caveman Cade:I don't know what's going to happen between us. Between all four of us. But I know that I never want to jeopardize anything with her. Even though I don't know if I can ever give her what she deserves, I belong to her.

After I read it, I glance up and nod at Cade before clapping him on the shoulder. I get it. I know with everything in me that I belong to Harley too. Just like I think she belongs to all three of us. I know that he is done talking for now, so I don’t say anything and grab my backpack as the bell rings.

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