Kings of Anarchy (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep #3) - Caroline Peckham Page 0,249

all the evidence they need to fuck up both of your lives."

"Don't make out like this is about protecting me," I hissed, hating how much sense he was making and feeling like someone had just dumped a bucket of cold water over my head and iced my balls.

"But we already only get one night-" Tatum began and Saint huffed out a frustrated breath.

"Nash can stay here tonight instead of you going up there. With all of us here there's no reason for anyone to believe anything untoward is going on. The windows are covered and you can just sleep out here on the couch to get your night together."

"That's hardly the same," I muttered bitterly.

"Well I'm sorry if protecting our girl gets in the way of you getting your dick wet, Nash," Saint snarled. "But my priority is her safety and protecting this brotherhood. If the two of you go to your place then it puts you both at an unacceptable level of risk. So suck it up, buttercup. Life isn't fair but it sure as fuck is ours to rule over. And once we've sorted out this little stalker situation you can go right on back to fucking your student in private."

I took an angry step towards him, but Tatum turned to me, placing both hands on my chest and looking up at me imploringly.

"He might be saying it like an asshat, but he has a point," she said. "I can't be the reason your life is ruined, Nash."

I groaned in frustration as I was forced to give in, swiping a hand down my face and sending a silent apology to my blue balls as I was forced to give in.

"Fine," I ground out. "I'll just stay here tonight then."

"Good boy," Saint said patronisingly and Kyan chuckled like a dickwad.

"So how the fuck are we going to deal with this stalker once and for all?" Blake demanded and silence fell heavily between us as we all tried to think of a fresh approach to this shit show.

"I need time to think without you assholes ruining my process," Saint announced as if we'd all been yelling out suggestions at once and he couldn't cope with the noise even though we'd been doing nothing of the sort.

"Go freak some people out in your opera house then," Blake said, rolling his eyes like he'd expected this. "But if you haven't come up with anything by the time you come back then we go with Kyan's plan."

"Kyan doesn't have a plan," Saint hissed. "He just wants to beat the shit out of everyone like usual."

"Even so," Blake said firmly while Kyan chuckled like he was excited about the prospect of following through on that. I couldn’t say I was totally against it myself.

"Fine," Saint ground out before turning and wheeling away from us.

He grabbed his phone and threw on a coat before striding to the door. Tatum chased after him and caught his hand.

"Be careful out there alone," she breathed. "And lock yourself in the piano room. And text us to let us know you got there okay-"

"Careful, siren, someone might start thinking you care about me," Saint mocked as he looked down at her, but the way his gaze devoured her told me that the feeling was more than mutual.

Tatum pushed forward, moving onto her tiptoes and placing a kiss on his cheek. "That would be crazy though, right?" she breathed as she moved back again and I could have sworn the smug bastard almost smirked.

"Utterly insane," he agreed.

He headed out and Tatum locked the door behind him, double checking it and making my gut tighten as I watched her. She was doing a good job of covering it up, but I could see she was afraid. And I didn't blame her. I was terrified too. The thought of there being some obsessed psychopath stalking her was keeping me up at night even more than my old demons.

The ache I held in my soul for my family was constant, but after all these years it had dulled somewhat. Besides, there was nothing I could do to save my mom or my brother now. But with Tatum I felt like there could be an axe hanging over her head at any moment, waiting to fall and rip all of us apart. I couldn't bear the idea of something happening to her like that.

So if that meant I had to sacrifice my time alone with her, then so be it.

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