Page 134 of Their Wicked Secrets: Untouched, Vol 5 of 6

The police officer nods and grabs Zach’s arm and leads him out.

“I’m not finished,” Zach says quietly as he passes me. His eyes burn into mine.

I don’t flinch or give him anything, but I need to figure out what he means. What sin he believes we’ve committed or what we actually did that affected him?

“Game’s cancelled.” Coach looks us over like he’s checking to see if we’ve been fighting. “Change in the locker room and head out. We’ll meet tomorrow morning after you help Coach Turner with his peewee league. Make sure everyone knows.”

I nod.

Coach claps me on the shoulder pad. “Good game tonight. Bring that energy to next week’s game when the scouts are out and you’ll have your choice of schools.”

“Thanks, Coach.” Pride chases through me at his words. That’s the dream. That’s the way out.

“Ross, they’re going to be watching you next week.”

Caden nods. “I’ll bring it.”

His fingers twitch, and I’m sure he wants to get back to Harper. I didn’t take time to make sure she was all right, but I know if Caden is here, she’s good. He wouldn’t leave her if she wasn’t.

“This is a fucking mess.” Coach shakes his head and turns to walk away. He doesn’t swear often, but this situation warrants it. It’s a mess, and I want this over with. I want whatever vendetta Zach has against us over with.

When Coach is gone, Caden turns to me.

“Think there’s a camera stashed?” His words are quiet.

I glance around the shower room. The girls wouldn’t have used the showers tonight. They barely use them in gym class, but the way Zach acted...

“He wanted me to hit him.” And fuck did I want to. I could have made sure he never thought about coming after Harper again.

“Makes sense. You would have been suspended, but your dad wouldn’t have let them expel you.” Caden takes off his helmet. “You would have been barred from the Homecoming dance.”

I nod but then release a breath I’ve been holding for a while. “This means Zach won’t be there.”

“Or Sidney.” Caden smirks.

Which means they’ll have to pair up me and Harper instead. Suddenly, I’m looking forward to Homecoming.

“Fuck,” I say. “Let’s go find our girl and get the fuck out of here.”

CHAPTER 40

The Regrouping

Harper

Eli looks through the glass. Our gazes connect and everything inside me stills. They came. Luke took off after Sidney and Zach, and then Caden took off after Luke.

“Pull and I’ll push.” Eli has the other three guys lined up along the lockers with their hands bound behind them. He used their own masks to do it. Three guys on the basketball team. The guys I saw talking to Sidney at Senior night that were also at the drug house.

Ashley and I do our best to inch the desk away from the door. When the door opens enough, Eli slides in. We all push the desk away from the door so we can get out.

When we straighten, Eli drags me into his arms and holds me against him.

“Fuck,” he whispers into my hair. He holds me so fucking tight.

I agree as I cling to him. Seriously. I’m so done with Zach and Sidney’s plotting against me. Can we just be done? Jack leads the Coach and some police into the locker room.

Eli touches Ashley’s shoulder. “Thanks for helping my girl.”