Page 135 of Their Wicked Secrets: Untouched, Vol 5 of 6

“Anytime.” She smiles, but there’s some sadness there. She might have thought there would be more between them when they were together. But unlike Sidney, she seems to have let it go.

She slips down the aisle to grab her shirt.

Jack takes me into his arms as Eli explains what happened to the officers.

“You okay, sweetheart?” Jack runs his hand up and down my spine. I shiver in his arms as all the adrenaline crashes in my system.

Fuck is right. I’m exhausted.

“Nico?” I jerk away to look into Jack’s eyes.

He smooths my hair from my face. “He’s fine. They checked him for a concussion. The guys knocked him out. He has a bump on his head, but otherwise, he’s doing okay. The girls are with him. Everyone is in one piece.”

I nod, but snuggle into his heat, because suddenly I’m freezing.

“We’ll need to get your statements.” A police officer pauses behind me.

“Can we drive her and the other girls down to the station?” Jack asks.

“Within the hour,” the officer states.

“Yes, sir.” Jack rubs the tear streaks off my face as his gaze falls to me to look me over. “He didn’t get to you?”

I shake my head, but the shaking won’t stop. It’s like I’m in a freezer and can’t get warm.

A police officer comes from the shower room, leading Zach. Zach smirks at me as he passes and winks. I bury my face in Jack’s chest. I’ve been strong long enough. Right now I want to hide and be protected. I need to feel protected.

Jack doesn’t release me. I can hear others going by as they take the basketball players and Sidney out. I know Ashley is still here. The coach goes by and reminds Jack and Eli to change before heading home.

Fuck. I didn’t even ask about the game.

“What happened?” I lift my head and look at Jack. His hair is plastered to his head with sweat.

“The lights went out everywhere. The fair. The school. And the field.”

I’m surprised when Caden wraps his arms around me and kisses my head. “If you have a single bruise⁠—”

“I’m good.” I lean into his warmth. Both of them smell sweaty, but good. I’m still shaky, but I’m feeling better. I turn to see Luke.

Luke brushes his hand over my jaw, and his pale blue eyes lock on mine. For a moment, it’s like he can see exactly what I went through. Like he can hold me together even though I’m about to fall apart.

“This ends tonight,” Luke says.

Another chill races through me. Zach’s being taken to the police station, and so is Sidney and the others. Doesn’t that mean this is over?

The guys get changed while I sit with Nico and the others. Emma and Ashley talk quietly a few feet away from Kenz, Penny, Nico, and I.

“So is that it?” Penny says. “Is it over?”

I wish I could say yes, but something stops me. “Even if he gets charged for the lights and attempted assault, he’ll make bail.”

“He should be held up overnight at least, right?” Kenz blows out a breath. “I wish we could prove it’s always been him. All those other things that happened. Then we could at least get a restraining order.”

A restraining order would only do good if he abided by it. Which given his cockiness, I don’t think Zach would.

“The only way to stop a guy like that is jail time.” Nico rests his head against the wall and closes his eyes. “Not that he’ll get any. He has no priors. I doubt he has drugs on him currently. And he can say it was a prank. He might get a fine and a slap on the hand.”

Nico looks pale.