Page 91 of Liars

To hear whatever excuse out of his mouth would hurt, whether I admitted it or not. Somewhere, I let my feelings for Kreed get messy. It was so much easier when my disdain for him was clear-cut. I had to get back there.

Lucky for me, Kreed made it all too easy to hate him.

“You’re riding to school with us,” he informed, moving past me in the hallway.

I trailed behind him. “Poppy?—”

“Isn’t coming,” he cut me off before I could finish, taking the stairs.

“I just talked to her last night,” I snapped, annoyed I was talking to his back.

“Doesn’t matter. Her offer to drive you has been rescinded.”

“By who?” I huffed, catching up to him and doing my best to make up for his long steps.

“Me. Now get in the fucking car, little raven, before you ruin my day,” he barked, the brisk wind blowing his hair.

I folded my arms and glared at him. “It seems only fair that I wreck yours since you are destroying mine.”

Mason came up behind me, grinning. “Oh, this ought to be fun.”

Kreed’s eyes went over my head. “Mason, get fucked.”

“Only if Kaylor is offering.” The youngest winked at me.

“I don’t care if she is begging for you to take her. Touch her and I’ll forget you’re my brother,” Kreed threatened.

Mason’s expression remained amused. “A little aggressive this early in the morning, don’t you think, brother? You’re starting to sound like Maddox.”

“Who sounds like me?” Maddox asked, appearing on the other side of me, and just like that, I was boxed in by Corvos.

“Kreed’s being an overprotective alpha asshole,” I replied before Mason or Kreed could say anything.

“Welcome to the family,” Mason said, draping an arm around my shoulder as Kreed opened the front door.

The next thing I knew, I was being ushered outside and into Kreed’s SUV.

They hadn’t even given me a chance to grab my coffee. Guess who was going to have a shitty day? Me and every Corvo in this car.

Huffing, I crossed my arms and sank into the back seat. Monday mornings were already bad enough, but this one felt heavier, like a gloomy storm pressed down on me.

Tension crackled in the car, thickening because no one was talking. Mason messed with the radio, flipping through stations, not settling on anything for more than a few seconds before moving on.

Something in my peripheral vision caught my eye. A black sedan, trailing a little too steadily behind us. My stomach twisted. Shifting slightly, I craned my neck to get a better look as Kreed took the next left, seeing the vehicle follow suit. “Is that car following us?”

Kreed didn’t even glance in the rearview mirror. Maddox, however, turned his head slightly before letting out a scoff. “Yeah, no shit. I’m surprised that you noticed.”

I shot Maddox a bitchy glare. “Why?”

Mason leaned back against the seat, looking way too relaxed for someone who just admitted we had a tail. “We’ve been assigned additional detail. Courtesy of dear old Dad.”

I frowned. “All of us?”

Maddox shot me an unimpressed look. “It’s because of you we all have extra security.”

“So, it’s my fault your life is shit.”

“Yeah, pretty much, menace. You’re finally catching on. You think getting attacked in one ofhisestablishments wasn’t gonna have consequences?”

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