Page 2 of Filthy Few

“Catch you later, Hayze,” I say as I turn to leave, but he grabs my wrist, halting my escape. I look from his face to the hand that is on me, then back to his face with a glare.

“Don’t let him push you around. He can come off as an asshole, but he’s a good guy.”

I frown as I yank my hand free. “I can handle Nexus and his tantrums.”

Hayze shakes his head. “I wasn’t talking about Nexus,” he mutters, then stalks off toward where Nexus and the three guys are standing by the bonfire. I manage to catch a glimpse of the guy with the hood when he turns, the light of the fire illuminating his face, and I gasp—his blue eyes burn with such an intensity that it has my breath hitching.

“Turn away, girlfriend, he isn’t worth your time, trust me.” I tear my gaze from the guy and face the girl. My brows raise at the sight of her. She is fucking stunning. Her blue eyes are striking, and the black hair that frames her face only enhances their color. Unlike the other girls here, she isn’t dressed to tease. Like me, she wears a pair of jeans, sneakers, and a tube top.

“I wasn’t doing anything,” I say in defense. She purses her lips and quirks a brow which pisses me off. “Who the hell are you anyway?” I snap.

She smiles and loops her arm through mine like we are old friends. I’m about to tear free of her hold until she starts talking. “The guy with the hood up is Vox Hatchett.”Vox. That name suits him, he has a darkness to him, and the name fits his aura. “The guy beside him with the black hair is Archer Malik. The one on his other side with the blond hair is Ezekiel Tempest. You just met Hayze Draven, and rumor has it, you already know who thehell Nexus Valerian is.” The distaste in her tone when she says my stepbrother's name draws my attention back to her.

“Not a fan of his?”

She scoffs and rolls her eyes. “I can’t prove it, but I know for a fact he is nasty as fuck. There have been more than a few girls saying they have blacked out at a party only to wake up with his dick inside them and no idea how they wound up there.” I jerk and scrunch my face in disgust.

“The fuck?” I grit out.

She waves her free hand. “Unless you are a Hatchett, Valerian, Malik, Draven, or Tempest, then nothing you say or do will ever touch them. They are the gods of this town and rule the school.”

“How do you know this?”

She ignores my question and begins leading me toward the five guys who have a crowd of guys and girls forming around them like they really are Gods. As I look up, I falter in my steps when I feel Vox’s gaze searing into me. As we draw near, I see the snarl on his lips, and the way he eyes me with disdain sends a shiver down my spine.

“You found my piggy,” Nexus calls out when we stop a few feet away from them, drawing the attention of the crowd around us, who all laugh at their king's remark. I may not have seen it before, but I see it now, these five guys are royalty to their peers. Anything they say is law, and it makes me sick. I’ve met my fair share of assholes and know how they work. If they think I am intimidated by them because I didn’t grow up with money and live in a lavish house like them, then they have another fucking thing coming.

I’ll show them all that I bow to no one.

Chapter Two

Vox

Vivian glares at Nex, I don’t interfere, my boys know Vivi is off limits to any of our games, and if they so much as make her shed a tear, I will break their fucking necks. Everyone in this town knows she is not to be fucked with or touched by any cunt. Every guy here knows if they so much as look at her for longer than a second or utter her name in a way I don’t like, they will end up with broken fucking bones. Like Chase, he is sporting a broken nose because he thought he was a tough cunt and said he wanted to ask her to Homecoming. He learned real fucking fast why everyone stays the fuck away from Vivian.

“The only pig I see here isyou,” Vi bites back. Nexus opens his mouth to argue, but Vivian turns her focus to us. “Meet my new friend…” She looks to the girl at her side waiting for her tosay her name, the raven-haired girl sighs and meets our stare with a bored look.

“Nova,” she says, her voice is raspy and holds an edge of annoyance. I run my gaze over her and take note of her style. Unlike most of the girls around town, she doesn’t seem to give a fuck what anyone thinks about her. She’s dressed for comfort tonight, not for attention.

Nexus steps in front of me, blocking the girl from my view. “Anyone who touches my new sister, they will have me to deal with.” His declaration lacks heat. I scan the crowd to see half of the guys fighting back smirks. Nexus doesn't have the balls to back up his threat like I do. He doesn’t like to get his hands dirty like the rest of us. Unfortunately for him, he needs to learn how to get down and dirty real fucking fast, or we will all go down together.

“You aren’t my anything, asshole!” Nova grits out as she pulls her arm free of Vi’s hold and steps into Nexus. I see his shoulders tense. Hayze and Archer both shift forward discreetly, ready to intervene if they need to. “You don’t own me.”

Nexus chuckles, but there is no humor in it. He reaches out and grips a strand of her hair, allowing it to slip through his fingers. “Correction, piggy, I do fucking own you. You’re in my world now. Look around you, little sis. They are all here for us.” He opens his arms wide and everyone around us begins to whoop and holler like a herd of fucking sheep following their shepherds lead.

Nova doesn’t seem deterred or even put off by the fact that Nexus has the entire school body at his back.

“You think because you have all these fools falling for your bullshit that I’ll bow down and take whatever you dish out?”

“That’s exactly what Iknowyou will do,” he clips out.

She laughs humorlessly. She eliminates the sliver of space between them until her chest brushes against his. She reachesout and rests her forearm on the top of his shoulder in a bold as fuck move that has my brows raising in intrigue.

“Oh, Nexy boy, challenge a-fucking-ccepted. You have no idea how petty I can be. We could have been friends, but now you have just made an enemy out of the wrong bitch. Game on, rich boy,” she spits out as she turns and saunters away. The crowd parts for her. We all watch her walk away, but I can’t help but stare at her perfect ass.

“You can find your own way home, piggy!” Nexus shouts, her only reply is shooting him the middle finger over her shoulder, which has me chuckling. This girl has balls of steel. Nexus whirls around and scowls at me. We may befriendsbut it wasn’t by choice. We are stuck together until I figure out a way to get us out of this shit.

“Something fucking funny?” he snarls, his tone has my lip twitching. I take a step forward but I’m stopped when Vivi cuts in the middle, giving Nex her back as she stares up at me with a pleading look.

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