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I snort. "Nope, I do not know. I have never been overseas."

"Girl, E and I are planning a world tour after she graduates, and you are on the guest list!"

"As long as you take me to Disney Land, I’m all yours," I smile, reaching for one of the coffees that have been sitting forgotten on the table in front of us.

East breaks her silence with a short laugh. "You have got three Dukes following you around like lost puppies, and you want to claim another guy? Not going to happen, sister." She takes a sip of her bitter brew. "Besides, Felix is gay."

Not really surprised in the least, I hook my arm through Felix's. "All the more reason to keep him," I say with a grin, pulling him close.

Felix soaks up the love. "E's just jealous," he says with a wink. "Don't worry, Easterly, you're still my number one girl."

East rolls her eyes. "Enough chit-chat. Why the fuck are there photos going around of you being finger banged by my brother?" she gags. "And why the fuck was he finger-banging you in the first place?"

Felix groans. "To be finger banged by a Duke…" he sighs dreamily.

I snort out a laugh.

"None of them are gay, Felix," East says with a smirk.

"Shoosh, girl, let me dream!"

I lean in close. "He was rather good at it," I whisper.

East and Felix groan in unison; one in disgust, one in desire.

"Ew! That is my brother we are talking about!"

Felix and I giggle, clutching each other close.

I sober up quickly, though. "I don’t know who took the photo. Or video, rather."

"Bitch, say what?" East exclaims, mouth agape and eyes wide.

"There's a video too?" Felix asks, his features arranged similarly to East’s.

I sigh and scrub at my eyes. "Mr. Foster had a theory. A logical one at that."

I tell them about what the teacher and I had discussed, both look worriedly at each other.

"This isn't good, Roe," East says, biting her lip.

"No shit," I laugh humorlessly. Someone has a fucking video of me with my legs spread.

"She’s right, Roe," Felix adds. "They, whoever it is, have leverage now. They could blackmail you or some shit."

The siren rings at this moment, but I am stuck in my own head. What the fuck have the Dukes gotten me into?

Chapter Fourteen

Roe

As it turns out, Felix has a few classes with me. We enter social studies together and sit at the back of the classroom. The tables are set up in groups of four, and each is filled quickly, leaving our table the only one with spare seats, which is fine. In fact, it’s great! The other students don't want to be associated with the emo, gay guy or the new girl who stood out like a sore thumb when it came to social expectations.

The teacher, a woman surprisingly, claps for attention and calls for silence.

"Good morning, students," she says in a posh, English accent, "and welcome to Social Studies! My name is Mrs. Welsh, and I will be your teacher for the year. We will be covering quite a few subjects throughout this course, from history and economics to geography and civics. But first, we will be covering s-"

The slamming of the classroom door interrupts Mrs. Welsh and in saunters Brett. Thankfully, he is the only Duke to enter. Not that I would have totally hated it if Lawwas in the class too. He was a sexist pig, sure, but also a class clown.

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