Kings of Anarchy (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep #3) - Caroline Peckham Page 0,190

I did have to admit that when Kyan was sick, I’d seen another side to him. I’d witnessed the fear in his eyes and the way the impending grief had weighed on him as well as the pure, utter relief he’s experienced when he’d survived. But I didn’t want to focus on the reasons I was starting to have to believe that Saint wasn’t a monster because that meant revaluating everything that I was trying to achieve with his father and him.

"Is he on his way back here?" she asked me and I moved to the window to look out at the path, but I couldn't see any sign of Saint on it so I guessed he'd already passed into the trees.

"Yeah. I think so."

"Good. Kyan and Blake are going down to the Oak Common House for a few drinks in a minute and I'll be here alone. When he gets back, I'll distract him in his room and you can come in and check out his laptop. It's on the dining table again, but for the love of god don't move the fucking thing when you touch it."

I snorted a laugh even as I let the idea take root in my mind. Saint had been on high alert ever since our last attempt to get into his computer and we hadn't had any other opportunities to try again. But now that I knew what folder I was looking for, I could get straight to what I needed without having to fuck around.

"Are you sure, princess? He's a cunning bastard, if he realises that you're distracting him on purpose then it will all go to shit fast,” I said, wondering how hard I should be trying to talk her out of this.

"Don't worry about that. I have a plan. There’s one sure-fire way that I know to throw him off his guard and he's been avoiding it for weeks. I can do this."

"Okay. I’m on my way." We hung up and I couldn't help but grin at the idea of finally gaining access to whatever the hell Saint was hiding on that laptop.

I put my mind into revenge gear, grabbed a hoodie and a pair of sneakers before heading out of my house and running down the path towards The Temple.

It didn’t take long to jog through campus, and I eyed the view of the sun setting over the lake as I came up on the huge church, taking care to keep my steps silent as I went.

I paused outside the heavy doors, looking through the small window beside it as I listened for any sounds of someone inside, but the only thing that carried to me was the haunting chill of one of Saint's requiems playing over the speakers.

I carefully slid my key into the lock, smirking at the little Night Keeper perk I'd been gifted as it offered me free entrance into the dragon's lair. I had tried sneaking back here during the day a few times to check up on the laptop but ever since we'd gotten into it the first time, Saint had taken to hiding it when he wasn't around and I had no doubt that he would instantly catch on to the fact that someone had been rummaging through his belongings if I tried to find it. And seeing as there were now bars over all of the opening windows and only five people who had a key to this place, it would have been pretty obvious who had been snooping if that happened.

I turned the key in the lock as slowly as I could manage and eased the door open with my heart in my throat. It wasn't like I was afraid of Saint Memphis or his wrath if he caught onto me, but I knew that if he did catch us out that this would be the last opportunity we got to do this. The moment he was sure that we were looking into him and his family, he would lock this place up tighter than a duck's ass and quite possibly strike back at me in ways I couldn't imagine. At the very least, his mom was on the school board and solely responsible for getting me the position as head teacher and I was in no doubts that she could just as easily take my job from me again. And this was the only thing I had that kept me in a position to come after Troy. If I was