“Maybe you should show up at my fights,” I say. “Make a T-shirt with my name on it, and wear a necklace with an apple on it, just in case anyone forgets who your balls belong to.”
“God, get a room,” Gloria snaps, appearing at my side. “Nobody wants to see bulldogs tongue wrestling in the hall. This is a good school.” In response, Colt moans and wraps his arms around Dixie, and they start full-on making out.
“I wonder that, too, sometimes. Like, how do you know if you’re really feeling the right thing, or if your brain has just told you that’s the right thing to feel, so you think you’re feeling it?”
“I hate you, too, you fucking bitch.” He grabs my chin and squeezes, his fingers cutting into my cheeks until my mouth is forced open. He leans down over me, works his jaw, and
He grabs my face between his hands and pulls me in, kissing me hard on the mouth. “What the fuck?” Royal yanks me back. “If you want me to resist murdering your friends, then they need to keep their hands off you.”
I thought that Royal aimed the twins at me and fired, but I had it all backwards. He’s the weapon. I’m the victim. Baron was the shooter, the mastermind behind it all, just like Dixie said from the very beginning.