Page 160 of Their Wicked Secrets: Untouched, Vol 5 of 6

I counter with a fist to his stomach. “What does that have to do with this?”

“Gray’s fucking psycho when it comes to my sister.” Nick feints to the left to avoid my fist, but I get him with my right. “I didn’t realize it until she came to me and showed me the texts. He fucking frightens her.”

“You want us to take care of him because of your scholarship and your sister?” There have been weaker reasons for what we’ve done in the past.

“He thought she’d be his.” Nick shakes his head and steps back to rest for a moment. “He wanted her to be his. After Luke finished with her, Zach came after her, sneaking into her room in the middle of the night. She woke up to him there once but didn’t want me to get my parents involved. Because of who his parents are.”

Nick hits me in the side again and I let out a breath.

“He’s going to make the other two take the blame for the lights. He’s going to come after your girl because Luke took his away from him.”

Fuck. I pause for a second and study him. “This isn’t all about the girl.”

Nick shakes his head and holds his left arm against his body. “Tanner.”

I fucking hate that name. “How’s he involved?”

“He’s the one who whispered in Zach’s ear to take your girl before you could.”

I close in and Nick dances back.

“Tanner wants you to pay for what you did to him.”

Not everyone knows the whole story. Maybe a few friends of Ava’s, but we kept her out of it intentionally. We didn’t need to punish her more than she’d already been punished.

“We had our reasons,” I grumble as I make contact with his open side.

He blows out air. “Everyone knows that too. I need Zach out of my school and away from my team and my sister. I need my friends to get the help they need to get out of this shit he’s gotten them into. The drugs. The jail time. There’s only one group that can make that happen.”

Our eyes meet. I give him a subtle nod before going for the side he’s protecting. Fuck Zach Gray. Nick goes down and I stop to look at him. My mind spins with possibilities. This is our time to make things right.

I hold my hand out to help Nick stand. When he’s on his feet, I lean in. “We’ll do what we can, but we might need help.”

He nods. “Whatever we can do without becoming targets.”

Jack strolls over and lifts my arm in the air. “The undefeated winner of the night!”

The crowd goes wild, but I’m done here.

I turn to look at Harper. She’s watching me with those brown eyes. I’d hoped the fights would take care of this dark need inside me, but they haven’t. She straightens a little like she knows what I’m looking for in her.

I don’t believe for one second that Zach and Sidney’s plans have changed for tomorrow. Whatever they have planned, I want Harper ready for it. Because, if I have to, I’ll kill Zach Gray to make a point.

CHAPTER 48

The Venomous Victory

Harper

I may not like watching my men taking punches, but there’s something raw about the way Eli looks at me that sends shivers up my spine. Liquid heat floods me. We’ve played rough, but somehow, I think tonight he’ll need more.

Whatever Nick Miller wanted to tell Eli has him hyped. And Eli won me for the night. Of course, we’ll all play first, but when we go to sleep... Another shiver of anticipation rips through me.

Nico leans in close.

“You know you can always say your safe word with any of us, right, sunshine?” Nico’s words are soft against my ear, sending tingles coursing through me as his breath flutters my hair. “I love that you take everything we throw at you, but that doesn’t mean you should let us push you past your limits.”

I turn to meet Nico’s eyes, searching them. Is he worried that the guys will take it too far tonight? My limits are kind of an unknown. Maybe I don’t have any. Maybe I just haven’t been tested yet.