Page 267 of Boys Who Taint

Apollo: Pick up your goddamn phone!!!!!!!!!

“Fuck,”I mutter as I immediately dial his number.

When he finally picks up, he yells into the phone. “Goddammit, finally one of you picks up!”

“What’s going on?”

“Silas kidnapped Levi!”

“What?” I shriek.

“Aspen? Is everything okay in there?” my mom asks.

“Yeah, everything’s fine!” I call back, trying to avoid any more attention.

But Grey pops into the hallway to listen in to my conversation.

“That’s not possible. He was right here with me at our family dinner,” I tell Apollo, while sweat drops roll down my neck. “I saw him. He only left like fifteen minutes ago.”

“I don’t care what you saw. Heath told me about his plans, and I trust him,” he barks. “Fuck, fuck, fuck! He’s not calling me back. I should’ve just gone to grab Silas at your parents' house instead of looking for Levi. FUCK!”

“Apollo!” I shout. “Where is Levi?”

“Gone. I searched everywhere; the Phantoms, the gym, the pool, the entire fucking campus. Hell, I even searched the fucking rose garden. I can’t fucking find him anywhere!”

My eyes meet Grey's while my heart begins to pound.

“Oh God …” Panic slowly seeps into my bones. “Silas is going to kill him.”

Levi

Ten minutesago

I stareat the grave of the girl who died because of my decision.

Even if Aspen forgives me, in the eyes of everyone around her, I am still a killer.

Nothing will ever change that.

I sigh out loud and wipe away some of the leaves that have fallen on her stone, but I pause at the sound of a familiar click.

“Don’t. Move.”

A smile warps my face. “You’ve finally gathered the balls to come at me alone.”

“Fuck you. Get away from my sister’s grave.”

The gun clicks again, and I know he took off the safety, so he means business all right. I raise my hands and slowly turn around, walking away from Mavis’s grave.

“How did you find me?” I ask.

His jaw clenches, but the smug grin still appears. “It’s not hard to put trackers on bikes.”

Well fuck. In my euphoria over finally getting the girl, I got careless. And now it’s come back to bite me in the ass.

“Is this where you’re going to kill me?”

He makes a tsk sound. “And ruin my sister’s grave with your disgusting blood? I don’t think so. She deserves better.”

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