Page 24 of The Revenge You Seek

"That is where you are very, very wrong, Princess."

"Threaten me all you like. You can't break what’s already broken."

With that, she pulls her arm free. My shock from her words allowing her to do it easily and she takes off through the small gap in the chairs.

"You need to watch who you make enemies of around here," one of the guys warns. "Stay away from Letty. Hell, stay away from all of us."

I spin around to respond but the pair of them are already at the bottom of the stairs and making their escape.

6

Letty

The second my wrist slips from his grasp, my legs can't carry me away fast enough.

I don't look back as I flee from the lecture hall and I don't come to a stop again until I run into a very solid chest.

A familiar scent surrounds me as strong hands clamp down on my upper arms to steady me.

"Whoa, Letty are you okay?"

A sob bubbles up my throat as his concerned deep voice hits my ears and I only just about manage to contain it.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Can we just get out of here please?"

"Uh… sure. Let me take th—" His words trail off as he reaches for the books in my arms, but I don't need to look behind me to find out what's captured his attention. I feel it. I feel him.

"Legend," Luca spits as if his name tastes bitter on his tongue.

He looks down at me and then back to Kane once more. His jaw is set while anger and confusion battles in his eyes.

He has no reason to know there's anything between Kane and me. I never told him for a very good reason.

They already hate each other enough.

I didn't need Luca going after Kane and risking the career he was building for me. Because I knew he would in a heartbeat if he knew the truth.

"Luca, let's just go, please?"

"Y-yeah, sure. Come on."

He turns, putting his back to Kane and wraps his arms around my waist, pulling me tight into his body, a move that I'm sure pisses Kane the fuck off.

I've never been Kane's but for some fucked-up reasons he can't stand anyone else having me. Well, one person aside.

I blow out a relieved breath as Luca quickly navigates us out of the building and away from Kane's hateful stare full of wicked promises and the pain he's planning to inflict.

What he doesn't realize is that I've already suffered the worst kind of pain because of him and anything else will be like child's play compared to the past year of my life.

"What the hell was that?" Luca asks, coming to a stop once we're safely away from him, the building, and anyone else who might be interested in listening.

"Not here. Don't you have practice?"

"I've got an hour," he says softly, lifting his hand so his fingers tuck under my chin to stop me from hiding from him, which he knows I'm desperate to do. "Wanna show me your dorm?" he asks, giving me a cheeky wink.

"You're a nut. Come on." I thread my arm through his and turn toward where I think my building is, but just before I spin, I findhimwatching us.

Our eyes hold for a beat, the tension cracks so violently between us it feels like a physical blow to my body.