Page 28 of Reckless Vengeance

The house was silent, so we quickly showered and got dressed in our own rooms, meeting in the kitchen where Karl was waiting.

“Miss Holloway said to make sure you had breakfast,” he said brightly, handing both of us a plate of pancakes. “I’ll get your coffee.”

“Karl, we don’t⁠—”

“You’ll make time,” he called over his shoulder as he vanished into his private kitchen, giving us no choice but to sit and eat.

He must have been watching us because I’d barely finished my last mouthful before he was snatching the plates up and telling us to have a good day, and I gave him the stink eye as if I was mad.

I wasn’t, and he knew it.

“Should we take your car or mine?” Lukas asked as we walked into the garage, making me sigh.

“Maybe yours is safer? Skeet might not have used the Corvette as his daily but everyone seems to know it’s his. Yours is more discreet,” I said slowly, and he pulled his keys from his pocket without a second thought.

I kept my eyes on our surroundings the entire drive to make sure we weren’t being followed, and once we’d gone to the administration office to let them know we were now here, they handed Lukas a schedule.

“What’s this?” he asked slowly, scanning the page.

“Your new schedule,” she said brightly, clicking away at her keyboard to silently dismiss us.

“It’s identical to mine,” I mumbled quietly as I ran my eyes over it on the way towards our lockers. “Ty said he was in some of my classes now to avoid me being alone. I didn’t know they’d changed yours too.”

“I’m in all your classes now?”

“Looks like it.”

He grinned, tucking me under his arm. “I’m not mad about it. Don’t know why the guys changed all of them though. You were only alone for Business and PE.”

“Maybe the guys figured you’d like the company too?” I suggested, leaning into him as we walked.

We dumped our things at the lockers before heading to Biology, knowing we were a little early, but there was no point in showing up for English with ten minutes left.

We sat at our usual table to wait, and I raised an eyebrow as Jensen appeared a few minutes later.

“What are you doing?” I asked as he leaned down to kiss me.

“Coming to class.” He moved to stand beside Lukas, flicking his gaze to the door to make sure no one was there before giving him a quick kiss too.

Lukas tensed but didn’t fight him on it, which was progress, then he sat down at the table next to ours.

“This isn’t your class,” Lukas replied dryly, making him grin.

“Is now. We thought it was safer to all share the same classes.”

“You can’t just switch classes mid-year,” I groaned.

“Can too. We all had the same subjects just in different classrooms. It won’t affect anyone’s grades,” he shrugged.

Sure enough, Caden and Tyler wandered in after the bell sounded, sitting at tables close by.

Other students seemed wary when they entered to find the entire group of guys with me, probably assuming they’d switched classes to protect me after the bullshit with Gunther.

I glanced down at the scar on the back of my hand, wondering how long it would take to completely heal.

It was still tender when the skin was pulled tight, but the scabbing had stopped.

Arms draped around my shoulders as Caden’s scent filled my senses, his voice quiet.