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“That’s insulting, isn’t it? Why Shane? He doesn’t seem to fit the mold.” He shakes his head, but doesn’t linger on it too long. “Anyway, I’ve got your purse back in my room and your car hidden away, and while I’m sure Killian will immediately hatch a plan to break in and retrieve the purse for you, no one’s going to find that car unless I lead them to it. I can save them a little trouble and the effort of breaking and entering, if you’d prefer it.”
“I’m listening,” I state coolly.
“I want a meeting with Hex.”
My eyebrows rise. “Why?”
“Don’t worry about why. Can you arrange that, or do I need Killian to do it?”
“Killian isn’t going to lift a finger to help you with anything,” I state.
“Why? Is he mad I can kiss his girl better than he can?”
I narrow my eyes at him. “You wish.”
“Come on. Don’t pretend you didn’t like it.”
“You had to manhandle me and tie me to a table in order to get your mouth on me. I assure you, Killian doesn’t have to work that hard.”
Aiden smirks. “I bet he doesn’t.”
“It doesn’t matter, anyway,” I tell him, my tone blasé. “Killian won’t let me drive the car now that the filthy hands of a Rho Kappa have had access to it. And the purse was cheap, you can keep it. All I needed back was my phone, and I have it.”
He scowls, and I flash him a bright smile before tucking the phone in my bag so he can’t grab it back.
“It’s been a pleasure doing business with you, Aiden.”
I slide my burner phone into the back pocket of my jeans and slide my bag strap over my shoulder, then I stand and grab my coffee.
Aiden climbs down off the picnic table. I’m hoping he’ll get the message that this communication is over and fuck off since I don’t want to stray too far from the coffee cart, but instead he falls into step beside me.
“Sorry, little virgin. Our business hasn’t concluded.”
“What makes you think I’m still a virgin?” I ask, wanting to float the idea that I’m not just in case they are still trying to do that stupid ritual in the woods.
“Personally, I don’t care if you are or not. I’m not interested in Kyle’s mock society. I want to be in a real one.”
I stop short, looking over at him. “You want to be a Blue Blood?”
His eyes twinkle and he nods. “Yep. It was an oversight not to tap me. I’d like a chance to convince them.”
I shake my head, breaking his gaze and walking again, but with less urgency this time. “I can’t help you with that. I don’t know anything about the Blue Bloods. As far as I know, it’s just a campus urban legend.”
“Bullshit,” he says, falling back into step beside me. “I know Killian’s one of them.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” I insist with a shrug I hope looks sincere.
For a split second, I think he’s giving up because he stops walking next to me.
But before I can feel too relieved or get too far away, he says, “Kyle hasn’t given up on you. He wants you even more now that he knows the Blue Bloods do, too.”
I stop walking. I hate having to turn back, but he knows he has my interest now, so he stays where he is. He sips the coffee I bought for Ryan and tucks his free hand into his pocket, waiting for me to come back.
Goddammit.
I sigh with annoyance, but I stalk right back over to him. “What are you talking about?”
“I haven’t shared everything I know, so Kyle doesn’t know you’ve shacked up with Killian—yet. But he does know Blue Bloods are swarming to keep you safe, and they’re not well-known for their chivalrous practices. He’s cooked up this idea that they’ve set their sights on you because he picked you. They wanted to defile his virgin before he could. He thinks you’re their equivalent of a club whore.” He pauses to consider. “Society sweetheart?”
