Kings of Quarantine (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep #1) - Caroline Peckham ,Susanne Valenti Page 0,105

door which led to the corridor where Saint was hunting for her. I didn’t know what the hell was going on here, but I did know that if given a choice between throwing Tatum to the wolves and fucking up Saint Memphis’s plans, there really wasn’t much choice to be made.

“You’ll be giving me the full truth of this when he’s gone,” I growled in a low voice as I dropped into my chair and rolled it forward to conceal her.

I left my legs wide and she huddled in the space between my thighs as I made an effort not to think about how close her face was to my dick right now. Honestly, it was like the fucking universe was conspiring to get me fired tonight or something.

“Memphis!” I bellowed. “What the fuck are you doing roaming my corridors and screaming at the top of your lungs?”

Heavy footsteps sounded in the corridor and a moment later Saint himself shadowed my door. Seriously, the kid was huge, all three of the Night Keepers were. They were thick with muscle and nearly as tall as me which at six foot four was saying something. I didn’t know if they were given protein shakes instead of breastmilk as babies or if drinking from solid gold chalices their whole lives were the reason for it but whatever it was, these boys had become men before their time. And they had the anger of men in them too.

“Sorry, sir,” Saint said, somehow making sorry sound a lot like fuck you. “I left something here earlier, I was just looking for it.”

“What?” I demanded as if I hadn’t heard him calling Tatum’s name.

“Just my shiny new toy,” he said with a shrug, but his eyes lit like he was high on something and I didn’t think for a moment he’d been taking narcotics.

“And why were you calling out for Rivers?”

A small, cruel smile pulled at his lips and I was suddenly glad I’d hidden her from him. I had no reason to feel protective over the girl but Saint and his friends were vultures and if they decided to circle someone, you could bet your ass they’d keep on pecking at the carcass until there wasn’t a single scrap of flesh left.

“I caught her trying to wash your football jersey in the store cupboard,” I said in a flat tone. “I informed her that we had a perfectly serviceable laundry service and told her to get the fuck out. A message I’m happy to extend to you too.”

“Is that so?” he asked, his gaze narrowing like there was some issue with my story.

Tatum shifted beneath the desk, her shoulder brushing against my knee and my heart leapt at the idea of him catching her under there. Which was a joke really. I was the teacher and he was the student, but there was something about this whole situation that had my blood humming. It felt good to be doing something I shouldn’t. Even something as minor as this. I was so caught up in rules and regulations all the damn time, that I hardly ever got to just have fun.

“Problem?” I asked him, arching a brow.

“It’s just…we were waiting outside for her, so she can’t have left,” Saint said, his gaze narrowing suspiciously.

“What do you want me to say, Memphis?” I asked with a sigh. “I caught your little friend here making a nuisance of herself and I told her to fuck off. About as clearly as I’m telling you to fuck off right now. So unless you’re looking to come back here for detention tomorrow, I’m gonna suggest you hightail it out of here.”

“Fine. I guess I’ll just call her then.” Saint reached into his pocket for his phone and I damn near leapt out of my skin as Tatum’s hand landed on my thigh and she squeezed in warning.

“Why are you standing there to make this call?” I snarled at Saint as his eyes narrowed. It took me a moment to realise what he was looking at and he hit call on his cellphone half a second before the bright pink monstrosity Tatum had left on my desk started ringing with the name King of the Fuckwits flashing up on the screen.

I contained my amusement at that as I picked the phone up and tossed it in my top drawer.

“Looks like she was in here after all,” Saint said, assessing me carefully as he cut the call again.

“I found that out by the