Page 108 of Reign of the Queen
“Carter!” she screeches.
“Why, what’s it to you?” I sit back and cross my arms over my chest abandoning my quest to eat.Damn it, that rice was actually tasty.
“He’s mine, you viper. I want to know where he is. You’ve obviously taken advantage of him being sick,” she spits out with conviction.
Raegan’s the first to react, bursting out in shrill laughter from across the table. “Have you lost your ever-loving mind, Melinda? On what planet was Carter yours? Actually, on what planet were any of them yours?”
Raegan stands up from the table, getting into Melinda’s face. “They used you girl; they were never yours. Everyone here knew it too. If you used the good sense baby Jesus gave ya, you would have realized that a long time ago and stopped playing the whore for them.”
“Shut your fucking mouth, Raegan Dunnville. The only whore here is Mia, who takes things that don’t belong to her.” Melinda chest bumps Raegan and raises her hand as if to slap her.
“You place one finger on Raegan, and I’ll break your fucking hand and then rip apart the rest of you.” I get up from my chair, knocking it backward and pulling Raegan back. “As for stealing something that doesn’t belong to me, I’m pretty sure Carter’s in my bed because he wants to be.”
I smirk at her. ”As for Theo, he doesn’t strike me as the type to do anything he doesn’t want to. Isn’t that right, Melinda? Otherwise, he would have been yours a long time ago, and you wouldn’t be here ruining my lunch with your desperate presence.”
Shifting closer to her, I whisper-shout, “They are mine, all four. Something that you could never accomplish. I own them, and you know what, Meli, theywantto be owned by me. They crave it, and they willingly came to me.”
She raises her hand and tries to grab onto the messy bun I have my hair in. Jesus, Mean Girls much? So predictable. Before she can get a grasp, though, I sweep her ankles. She falls on her ass at my feet hard, all the air rushing out of her lungs.
“I warned you, Melinda. Numerous times, in fact.” I grab a fistful of her long hair and drag her across the cafeteria floor on her butt. Reaching the drink dispenser, I hit the button to activate it, and it pours cold cola down her hair and back. She lets out a shriek and tries to dislodge the hold I have on her. I push my arm through the food divider and grab the first thing I can grasp—mashed potatoes. Grabbing a fist full, I smash it into her face and up her nose.Shit, that’s fucking hot, damn it. Gross, I’ll probably never eat mashed potatoes again in my life after this.
She’s screaming and thrashing in my grip. Chunks of her hair and extensions are being ripped out in my fist, but I don’t release her. I bend down and straddle her waist with my legs and knees, and she tries to buck me off. But she can’t with my weight pressing down on her. I use the hand covered in mashed potatoes to hold her face on either side of her mouth in a tight grip making her swollen lips look like some macabre fish lips.
“I have warned you not to come at me. I have warned you to stay the fuck away from Raegan. To stay the fuck away from the kings. They are mine. All of them. And Meli…” I lean in close to her, her enormous, frightened blue eyes streaming tears down the side of her face. “I don’t fucking share. Whatever you think you were to them was a pipe dream. They used you and then dropped you when something better came around.”
I have a moment of pity, this poor girl is so messed up over these kings. They have damaged her and I don’t know if she will be able to recover from all the mind games they’ve played with her. I, unfortunately, can’t show any weakness here, and fuck I need her to stop this shit once and for all. I bash her head back into the cafeteria metal server and then release her; standing up, I look down at her. “Stay away from Raegan, the kings and me Melinda, or I will fucking end you.”
A bunch of paper napkins appear at my side, and I follow the hand to see it’s Jessie handing them to me. “Thanks” I take the napkins and wipe the mess off my hands and shirt.
Melinda’s still sitting on the ground, covered in cola and mashed potatoes, looking pathetic. No one makes any attempt to help her. Guess she doesn’t have as many friends as she thought. A dethroned queen bee is useless at Casbury. With one last look at her, I turn my back and walk away, hoping that’s the last time I have to hurt her to get my point across.
Fuck this place is making me turn into a monster.Is it this place or where you already one?
“Have you seen any of the kings today?” I ask him, walking back to the table where Raegan’s still standing. She’s watching the whole thing go down with a look of disbelief across her face.
I refuse to look around at any of the vultures who probably enjoyed the vicious show I just put on. They fear me, but they also seem to relish when I destroy their peers. Bunch of deranged, spoiled brats.
“Yeah, I saw Finn and Mateo this morning in the courtyard before school. Then I saw Mateo inside the gym emptying duffle bags.” He nods toward the table, and we all sit down.
“Girl, those mashed potatoes are an improvement on cum, at least.” Raegan laughs and digs into her pasta.
Jessie gives her a surprised look and then lets out a devious laugh. “That it is little RaeRae.”
I ignore the two of them and their friendly banter and pull my phone back out of my pocket. I still have no messages from any of the kings besides Carter. Who has decided to start sending me dick pics in his apparent boredom.
Did no one ever tell these fuckers that dick pics are gross? Who wants a picture of a one-eyed naked mole rat? In Carter’s case, a naked mole rat who’s wearing jewelry.
Turning to look in the corner and see Tom and minion number one staring at me in disbelief and horror. Honestly, I kind of forgot they were here. I’m surprised Tom didn’t try to stop me. Giving Tom a smirk, I beckon for him to come closer.
“Tom, I think something is wrong. None of them are here, but Mateo and Finn were earlier. Can you find out if they are okay?”
“Miss Stratford, my priority are you and Carter, no one else.” At my puppy dog eyes, he relents. “That being said, I’ll send a message to one of the guys stationed back at the mansion to look into the guy’s whereabouts.”
“Thank you.” I clear my throat, “Tom, about what you just witnessed.” I cringe. “I would prefer if that didn’t make it back to my grandmother.”
“Pretty sure that’s too late. A few of them had their phones out. I wouldn’t worry about it, Miss Mia. I think she would have been proud to see you behaving like a warrior queen.” With a nod, he walks back to where minion number one is standing and pulls out his phone.
“Mia, the warrior queen. I love it. You could be like Elizabeth or Boudicca.” Raegan giggles.
