Page 49 of Cruel Elite (Princes of Ravenlake Academy 3)

Tank holds it in his hand, waving it back and forth to taunt me.

“Don’t worry. So long as you’re helpful, nothing bad will happen,” he says, sliding my phone into his back pocket.

“What are you doing here? How did you get in?”

“Not important,” he says. “What’s important right now is that you agree to help me out.”

“With what?”

“Revenge.”

I shake my head. “Whatever your little vendetta is, it’s not mine, okay? I have nothing to do with it.”

“Maybe that was true before. But not anymore.”

Tank looks even bigger in my living room than he did in the woods. He also looks far more out of his place. His worn black leather and sleeves of tattoos have no place amongst the buttery creams and soft whites of my mother’s décor.

I’m not sure what he means, but then he turns his head towards the top of the stairs, and I follow his gaze.

He isn’t alone.

Another Hell Prince is standing on the second-floor landing, just outside of Delanie’s room.

I lurch forward, prepared to…do something. I’m not sure what.

But Tank blocks the stairs and shakes his head. “Like I said, nothing bad will happen so long as you help me out.”

There’s no other option. I can’t let something happen to Delanie. I have to do whatever Tank wants of me, at least until I can get him out of my house and ensure my sister is safe.

“What do you want?”

“It’s simple. Spring Fling, you lure Noah Boone away from his friends.”

I frown. “You know about Spring Fling?”

“Wherever there is sex and drugs, the Hell Princes aren’t far away. We know all about it.”

“What do you want with Noah?”

Tank raises a brow, and I notice he has a line shaved into his brow. If he did it to make himself look tougher, it was unnecessary.

Even without it, he looks like the scariest person I’ve ever seen.

“It doesn’t matter. You just do as you’re told, keep your mouth shut, and we’ll take care of the rest.”

“Don’t I at least deserve to know what he did?”

Tank considers it for a moment and then sighs. “The Golden Boys have been a pain in my ass for years, but Noah Boone pulled a gun on me and my guys and he interfered with club business. For that, he will pay.”

I heard about the showdown out at the camping spot. Everyone did. Noah pulled a gun on the Hell Princes and sent them packing when they came to claim Haley.

Was something so trivial really cause for all this?

Based on the fire burning in Tank’s eyes, I assume the answer to that question is “yes.”

“Are you going to cooperate or do I need to send my friend in to check on your sister?”

“No!” I shout, lowering my voice as soon as I have control over myself. “No, that won’t be necessary. I’ll do whatever you want.”

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