Page 229 of Vile Boys

Milo shrugs. “They already did.”

“Yes, I’m aware of the dead body,” Blaine says. “I’ve seen the picture.”

Who gives a shit about any of this? We’re not responsible for whatever the fuck they’re doing in their free time, and I don’t give a fuck about who they kill.

“People will assume she’s a killer now,” Kai says.

Blaine smirks. “Not if we make people believe the three masked men in the photo were responsible.”

Kai seems intrigued. “Go on.”

“Take your guy off Caleb first.”

Finally, Nathan lets me out of his death grip, and I pat down my shirt. “Asshole.”

“You’ll probably have to pose for another kill with those masks on for it to work, though,” Blaine says.

“Caleb can help with that,” Nathan says, glaring at me. “I can turn you into a corpse in no time.”

“Fine. I don’t care how. Just make it happen,” Kai says. “We have to make the school believe she’s innocent.”

Suddenly, Nathan’s distracted by his phone, and he pulls it out. Hopefully, this’ll get those boys off our fucking property. Though, I’m not looking forward to helping any of them.

But then he sinks to the ground, eyes nearly bulging out of his head, and part of me really wants to know what he just saw.

“What the fuck happened?” Milo asks him.

“Nathan?” Kai tries to touch him, but Nathan grabs him and yells, “Romeo took Lana!”

Oh boy.

One minute,I’m nearly being pummeled into the ground by Nathan Reed, and then those Phantom fuckers force me to come help them save their precious Lana from Romeo’s claws, who is apparently in the fucking Bones Brotherhood.

They even brought Felix, Dylan, Alistair from the Skull & Serpent Society, as well as their fucking girlfriend Penelope to help save her.

I really don’t want to be on any of these fuckers’ bad sides, so I’ll play along nicely. Even though they accused me of something I didn’t even fucking do.

Man, the things a guy does for a friendship that’s already sailed long ago.

When the car finally stops, we’re near a grimy looking building downtown. I’m surprised these Skull & Serpent Society fuckers know exactly where one of their hangouts is. But whatever.

I just want to get in, get out, and stay alive.

We fetch our weapons and prepare, and I can already feel myself getting fired up because I’m about to put some bullets in Bonesmen heads. When it’s finally time to move inside the compound, I grin and pull out my gun, taking off the safety. “Okay, guess it’s time for our little showdown.”

Present

I pullout my knife and stab one of the fuckers in the chest, pulling it out before I move on to the next. It’s a game of cat and mouse with these Bonesmen and a delicious way to let go of all the rage I’ve kept bottled up.

I take a glance at Nathan while we knife down these fuckers left and right, trying to see who has the biggest body count. Halfway through the compound, we get separated from the main group, but at least I have Nathan. He might be an ass for making me his enemy, but at least he knows how to kill.

“I’m gonna go back to Kai and Milo and see if they found Lana yet,” Nathan yells at me after we’ve taken down a dozen more men.

“Fine, I’ll secure the entrance,” I reply.

“Felix and the others are there too,” Nathan replies before leaving.

The Skull & Serpent Society guys are with me, shooting Bonesmen left and right to clear a path for everyone so we can make our way out again after they’ve found Lana.

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