Kings of Quarantine (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep #1) - Caroline Peckham ,Susanne Valenti Page 0,184

grinning at her. I hoisted her into my arms and lifted her to sit on my shoulders as we yelled our triumph to the crowd and she raised her arms in victory, not giving one shit about the blood dripping from her lip.

This girl, this fucking girl! I was all lit up inside and buzzing like I was high on something, but the only thing it could be was her. And I couldn’t get enough.

Before we’d finished our celebrations, a new sound blared out over the crowd and I fell still as the police sirens echoed through the air.

Everyone fell silent in a heartbeat and in that pause in between the chaos, a voice called to us through a megaphone.

“This is the state police! You are all in breach of the lockdown orders set in place by the Governor of Sequoia!”

“Fuck that,” I muttered, yanking Tatum back off of my shoulders as the crowd started screaming and running for every exit.

I grabbed her hand and dragged her back towards Mike, snatching our jackets and my phone before taking the fistful of winnings he held out to me. He was gone before I could blink and I dragged Tatum into the crowd as we took another route out of here.

“Are they gonna catch us?” she gasped.

“Fuck no,” I laughed, pulling her faster as we ran on.

People were screaming, crying, police were shouting and making demands, some poor fuckers fell and got trampled but none of it mattered. Only me and Tatum Rivers did.

We ran to the bar which was abandoned and I picked her up and tossed her over it before following myself. I pulled open the hidden door behind the bar where they stashed the booze. I’d fucked Denise back here more than once and I knew the escape route for when I was done with her.

Tatum let me lead her through the dark space, knocking the door closed behind us and I led her past crates of beer and whiskey before making it to the small door on the side of the building.

I slowed for a moment, easing it open to check for cops before yanking Tatum out behind me and making a run for it.

“You there!” an officer barked behind us. “Stop!”

“Fuck you!” I yelled back and Tatum laughed wildly as we raced away.

I didn’t know if he’d given chase, couldn’t spare a moment to check.

We just ran and ran until we reached the parking lot where hundreds of people were diving into cars and trying to make a getaway despite the fact that the police had clearly blocked off the road which led in here.

We made it to my bike and I tossed Tatum’s jacket into her arms as she leapt on, throwing mine on too before stuffing the cash and my cellphone into my pocket and retrieving my bike key from it.

“I said stop!” the cop bellowed just as I started my baby up and she roared loud enough to block out the rest of his words.

I flipped him the finger as he ran at us and Tatum laughed again as we shot away.

“Hold on tight, baby, this one’s gonna be bumpy,” I growled in her ear as I directed the bike over the field which ran to the left of the track.

She screamed as we thundered over the dirt and stones, but it wasn’t in fear. That was excitement, real and pure.

Her hands gripped the handle bars beside mine and my gaze snagged on our matching split knuckles as my dick hardened against her ass.

“You’re something special, you know that, Tatum?” I growled as we left the chaos of the barn behind and I cut across country towards the road.

“I know,” she replied cockily and I laughed again.

My dick was straining against my jeans, aching for a piece of her and the way she pushed her ass back against me told me she knew and might just want a piece of me too.

“Can you feel how hard I am for you?” I asked her.

“Yes,” she breathed in a tone that told me she wasn’t sure whether she should be pleased about that or not.

We bumped down onto an abandoned road and I turned the bike back towards Everlake, slowing as I accepted that the police had lost us.

“Does the fight get you hot too?” I asked, my lips brushing against her neck and making her shiver.

“Yes,” she admitted and I could feel how heavily her breaths were coming as her back pressed to my blood