Page 288 of Knox Academy Omnibus
“It’s not the same. Jasper’s secrets are not his to tell. He signed an NDA.”
“I know, he told me that, but everyone has secrets…even you.”
“I know and I’m working on a way to share themallwith you. You already know a lot. Just trust me and trust Jasper, he’s a good guy.”
A tray slams down on the table echoing through the room. Jasper leans over the table. “I don’t need you to talk me up, if she doesn’t trust me then she can go to hell.” His tone is not one I’m used to from him.
Movement catches my eye, then Onyx grabs Jasper by the throat. Slate is right at his side trying to calm him down. Kalen takes a seat next to me like nothing is happening and offers me a bite of his fairy bread. I take a bite because he looks soadorable and I’m trying to watch to make sure Onyx doesn’t kill my bodyguard.
“Don’t you ever make her flinch. You’re her bodyguard and you better remember your damn place!”
Deciding Jasper has had enough from his outburst, I stand from my chair. “Let him go.”
Onyx ignores me and Slate tries to pull his brother's hand from Jasper’s throat.
“That’s an order.” I didn’t want to have to use my authority over him but he’s left me no choice. He’s making this Order business when it really didn’t have to be.
Onyx releases Jasper's throat and turns his deadly stare to me.
“He scared you and raised his voice. I don’t care who you are, because you’re ours and no one ever scares you or snaps like that.” He looks around the room, every eye in the place is watching. “Do I make myself clear?” Some people answer and others nod.
“Calm down, caveman, you’ve made your point.”
Kalen sits up straight, removing his arm from around the back of my chair. “Jasper, take the rest of the day off. I’ll follow Amelie around until Frost gets here.”
Jasper goes to protest but Kalen cuts him off. “Go and put your big girl knickers on.”
I snicker at his comment because it’s something Aadi must have said to him while we were in Australia. “So what if the vagitarian hooked up with someone else? That seems like a challenge if you ask me. Go and brush up on your cunnilingus techniques. It’s not all about the D, and that’s coming from me…my D is super impressive.”
“I think you should call it MC,” I whisper to him. “Monster cock.”
Kalen laughs uproariously, and Jasper death glares us both. I watch Elsie, who is beetroot red, looks up at Jasper and mouths ‘I’m sorry’. He just shakes his head at her and walks away.
“Looks like you girls are stuck with me for a few hours. Oh, how fun this will be! Did Amelie tell you stories about our trip? The bounce house was my favourite.”
“Are you sure it wasn’t being chased out of the bathroom by a clown? You know, when you were so scared you were crying?”
That makes Elsie laugh, and I spend the rest of lunch telling her about our Easter break. Kalen wasn’t impressed by the retelling of the clown incident and made sure to give descriptive details of his time with Aadi and Smalls, which I definitely could have lived without hearing.
I used to get a pang of hurt in my heart every time I thought about Smalls. Yet now it’s already eased off.
Chapter Five
Baxter
I make my way through the dense undergrowth behind Knox Academy to finish a job. Kalen called me and pulled rank when I was supposed to meet with Amelie. I know she’s pissed, and her attitude amuses me.
He came to me with a plan over his own brothers. When he ran it past me I knew why he chose me. I'm the one more likely to jump in and get shit done, no questions asked. He wants revenge on Laura for all the things she did to Amelie over the years. He wants her to suffer in the same way.
Personally, I think Amelie should have the right to inflict that pain, but I'm more than happy to dig for more information. Especially now we know that Debbie is alive. There has to be more pieces to this puzzle.
Hence why we have a guy tied to a chair.
I spent all afternoon getting his chunky ass all the way out here because Kalen was a no show.
Laura really needs to cover her tracks better; hiring someone to follow Amelie is so amateur. Jasper was the first to notice andgave me a heads up. He may work for The Order, but once again Amelie is making friends all over the place. I'm sure it helps that he keeps sticking his dick in her other best friend.
Why the fuck does that make my gut churn, her having another best friend? Fucking friends. I’ve avoided this for so long and yet she’s weaselled her way in and I can't get rid of her. I even humoured Kalen with his superiority crap to meet up with him since Amelie asked me to try to be nice to them, especially since the others always leave him out. Sounds like Kalen is being a little bitch to me.
