Page 74 of Brutal Prince

Because who’s gonna investigate a suicide?

I reach over and squeeze Addy’s shoulder. It makes me think back to when she did the same to me a few days ago.

“We’ll get him, Addy. You hear me? He’s gonna pay for what he did.”

“How?” She throws up her hands. “I’m not even supposed to be talking to him. If the principal sees me anywhere near him, then—”

“Then it’s a good thing we’re friends, isn’t it?”

Addy glances over at me. “Talking isn’t going to help. I’ve tried that. No one saw anything.”

“Briar did.”

Her eyes narrow and she shakes her head. “I don’t like where you’re going with this.”

“You know what they say about why boys pull your hair, right?”

Addy rolls her eyes. “He’s done more than just pull your hair.”

“We’re not kids on a playground anymore.”

“So what, you’re gonna seduce him? Get him drunk? Hope he tells you everything while you record him?”

I purse my lips, sticking my fingers through a gap in my shirt and rubbing my collarbone. “Not a bad idea.”

“It’s a fucking terrible idea. Jess was his girlfriend, and you know how she ended up.”

“I’ll be careful.”

“You’ll be dead.” Addy’s brown eyes are round, her lips in a thin line. “Don’t do this. We’ll think of another—”

“You’re right,” I say, waving away the idea with a grimace. “I mean, he’s probably forgotten all about his new bully victim.”

Addy nods, and gives me a tremulous smile. “We’ll figure something out.”

I let out a long sigh and sink back into the seat. Is it weird that I kinda wish I could go ahead with everything Addy said? I’ve never tried seducing someone before — I’ve usually been the prey, not the predator. Could be fun, especially with an arrogant prick like Briar. Getting him to bend to me, instead—

“Shit, we have to go,” Addy mutters. “School’s starting.”

I sigh again, reluctant to move. But she’s right — we won’t be solving any crimes sitting stoned in her car.

I have to get close to Briar. Maybe even through one of his friends. Addy said his whole crew was still there when she left. One of them must have seen something.

Especially that guy that sticks to him like a burr.

“Yeah, let’s go,” I say, levering my stoned ass out of the car. “Do you still speak to any of Briar’s friends?”

Addy laughs. “As if.”

Damn. Guess I’ll have to work my way into their circle by myself. If I can figure out who the weakest link is… maybe, just maybe, I can get someone to talk.

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