Marked: A Dark High School Bully Romance (An Evergreen Academy Novel Book 1) by Ruby Vincent

Author:Ruby Vincent [Vincent, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruby Vincent
Published: 2019-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

I LOCKED MYSELF IN the bathroom for the rest of lunch, ignoring the bangs on the door from other people trying to get in. I had earned my space. After all, I had just found out three boys I thought liked me had been betting to see which one could hook up with me first.

I didn’t know who to be angrier at. Them or me. I should have stayed away from them like I resolved from the beginning, but all the time I spent with them made me believe I shouldn’t judge them based on Ryder.

What a fucking idiot.

Sighing, I let my head fall back against the door. No one who could be friends with Ryder was a good guy. I should have seen that.

This isn’t only about their bet, I reminded myself. My hand moved to the pocket of my dress and the single card that had been burning a hole in it all day.

Once I stopped crying, I turned my thoughts to what else Ryder said.

“I didn’t start this, Val, you did. It was you who went where she didn’t belong, and saw what she wasn’t supposed to see.”

“You’ve been marked.”

I slipped the card from my pocket and met the hideous smile of the joker.

“But why do people have to listen to them?” I said into the empty. “Because if they don’t... they’re marked.”

I remembered what Paisley said that day. What I don’t remember is why I didn’t press for more information? Something had been done to me and I still didn’t know exactly what or why?

This card had lost me my friends in the space of an hour. It lost me the good feelings of my classmates, and if what happened in homeroom and the cafeteria was anything to go by, it had cost me the protection of the staff. No one had spoken up to help me. How far would this go before someone did? What would I do if no one did?

I was no stranger to bullying. Joe Young Middle had been a brutal place for a girl with holes in her clothes and no money for lunch. Things had gotten slightly better in the month I was at Joe Young High, but still it was a relief to leave and start over in a better place. If I left Evergreen, there would be no going back there.

But that’s what they want.

I knew that much for sure after my little chat with the Knights. They want me out of the academy and all for what I saw—or didn’t see—in the woods.

But why?!

The corner of the card crumpled in my fist. I didn’t tell anyone what I saw besides Sofia, I didn’t know what I saw. Ryder fought with someone I couldn’t see. I didn’t even make out what the argument was about. Why did he think I could tell people? I couldn’t identify who held the knife or say for sure it was a knife.

Around and around I went in my head, but by the time the final bell rang, I still had no answers.

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