Page 123 of Cruel Elite (Princes of Ravenlake Academy 3)

And Haley Cochran steps out.

She bumps directly into me. As soon as she realizes who I am, she holds up her hands.

“Look, I don’t want to deal with this today, okay? Sorry. Have a good one.”

“No, wait.” I grab her arm and cling to it for dear life.

Finally, someone who will care about Noah.

Someone who will want to help.

“I need your help. It’s Noah.”

“Is he okay?” She looks around, scanning the floor like she expects to find him passed out on the ground. “Where is he?”

“In the woods with the Hell Princes. I don’t have time to explain, but—”

She curses under her breath and spins around.

“Where are you going?” I yell, following after her.

“To find Caleb!”

I run after Haley as she turns the corner into another hallway and unlocks a door. I don’t consider where she’s going until I’m in the room with her and Caleb is naked on the bed in front of me.

His eyes are hooded, a wide smile spread across his face at the sight of Haley.

Then, he sees me and blanches.

“Fuck, Penny! Get out of here!”

Haley grabs his clothes off the floor and throws them to him on the bed. “No, we have to go. Noah’s in trouble with the Hell Princes.”

Caleb, to his credit, pivots quickly. He’s dresses fast and doesn’t bother asking questions.

He trusts Haley.

I admire that. They really are good together.

“J.C. is two doors down,” Caleb says, the order implied.

I go to get him.

Two doors down, I find a similar scene, except this time, J.C. and Jennifer are naked, coupled on a bed.

Unlike Caleb, however, J.C. wags his eyebrows when he sees me. “Care to join?”

Jennifer gasps and slaps him in the chest.

Maybe under different circumstances I’d find it funny, but right now, nothing is funny.

“Noah is in trouble. We have to go.”

J.C. throws Jennifer off of him with one shove and slides into his jeans. I do my best not to look, but it’s hard not to look at what’s between his legs. I mean, my God.

I have never and will never have an interest in J.C., but I suddenly understand Jennifer’s infatuation a little bit more.

“Sorry, Jen,” I wave as J.C. and I run out of the room to meet up with Caleb and Haley in the hallway.

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