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“I know.” There’s a provocative smirk on his face.

“Then why aren’t we going there?”

“Because our home is your home now.”

“What?” My jaw drops. “This is unbelievable. First, you basically attack each other on the beach, and now you’re trying to keep me out of my own sorority?”

“Can’t protect you there,” he says.

“From what?”

He glances in the rearview mirror at those two still ignoring each other in the back seat of my car.

And I roll my eyes. “Jesus Christ. Really?”

“Really,” he replies. “Sorry, Freckles, but I made you a promise I intend to keep. Besides, I take good care of my playthings.” He places his giant hand on my thigh and squeezes.

“Take your hand off her, or I swear to God…” Levi growls.

“You’ll what?” Apollo retorts. “Try to kill me? Been there, done that. Now what?”

Levi grinds his teeth and kicks the back of Apollo’s seat.

“Hey! I’m the only one who’s allowed to kick ass in this car,” Apollo growls.

“Fuck you,” Levi retorts.

I rub my temples. “Lord, help me with these guys.”

The minute the car comes to a stop, I jerk the handle, but of course it won’t open.

Apollo jumps out and immediately strolls over to my side, opening the door for me as he sticks out his hand. “After you.”

I ignore it and blow right past him, while the other car doors all open and slam shut behind me. I don’t care what they’re gonna do, as long as I’m not involved in their drama.

“Where are you going?” Apollo asks.

“Away from you three!” I yell back.

I waltz into the hallway, but the beautiful glass ceiling still makes me stop and stare. It’s like a gateway to heaven from hell. A glimpse at what could’ve been … if only we’d made different choices.

I sigh. I find myself back here again in the same place I once saw my stalker. Now in the living flesh, without a mask, without secrets.

I turn as all three boys stroll inside and close the front door. Levi’s face darkens with every step he takes, as if being here in my presence unlocks the shared memory we have. But Grey’s eyes flutter between me and him like he’s deciphering the same memory from a different perspective, all while Apollo keeps his haughty gaze fixated on me.

A lump forms in my throat.

The silence is like lightning flickering between us all, and it’s bound to detonate. The only question is when.

CHAPTER 54

Grey

“So this is it?Aren’t you three going to kill each other now?” she says through gritted teeth. “You wanted to do it. What’s stopping you? Not me. I’m done. I’m done trying to keep you from ripping each other apart.”

“Aspen …” I mutter.

“No. I don’t want to hear it. Just kill each other and get it over with.”

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