Savage Prince: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Royal Falls Elite Book 1) by Kristin Buoni & Stella Hart

Author:Kristin Buoni & Stella Hart [Buoni, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

14

Laney

“Good luck.”

My brows rose at the whispered comment, and I turned to see that it came from one of the girls in my single scull rowing group. She was standing next to me, waiting for Coach Reilly’s signal to go down the little steps that hung in lane intervals along the dock.

Usually we went into the water off the shore, but this afternoon was different. It was our first race of the season. Just a school-based event to test our ability and progress, but exciting nevertheless. If I did well enough in my category, I might get moved up in the ranks and be allowed to compete against other schools.

Surprisingly, almost half of RFA had turned out to watch the regatta. Lacrosse, football and basketball usually attracted the most attention and adulation from students here, so Coach Reilly was extra pleased with the high turnout. I heard him telling one of the assistant coaches earlier that it might encourage more people to sign up next term. The other rowing club members were excited too.

I was wary, though. There must be a reason why so many people were here today, and I had a sneaking suspicion it had something to do with me.

I gave the girl next to me a faint smile. “Thanks. You too.”

“You probably don’t even need any luck,” she replied. “You’re so fast. I bet you’ll win.”

“I don’t know. Maybe,” I murmured, refusing to look her in the eye.

I wasn’t trying to be rude. It was just that I couldn’t trust anyone anymore, even if they were being nice to me. For all I knew, the girl meant her ‘good luck’ in a sarcastic way, and she actually hoped I would get caught up in a sudden waterspout and drown.

It wouldn’t surprise me all that much, because the bullying at RFA had stayed at the same level for the last few days. Nasty comments in the halls, surprises in my locker (I’d stopped bothering to have the combination changed by now, because they always broke in anyway) and cruel texts on my phone. Some people had even started sending me photos of myself, making it clear that they were following me around campus or spying on me in the library.

Ms. Flores had stayed true to her word and disciplined the students whose names she got from the screenshots I’d taken, but that actually made things slightly worse. Word had gotten around about them and the reason they were suspended, so everyone else had started using fake accounts. The abusive messages now came from people with names like Lou Skunt, U.R. Slutte, and Jack Mehoff.

So original.

Coach gave us the signal to get into our sculls and properly align ourselves in the lanes marked out in the water with yellow buoys. I was in lane number one. It was a blessing and a curse—the quickest to get to, but also the most visible from the shore, which made me feel extremely self-conscious.

I turned my head for a few seconds and saw Adam and Trina standing on the shore, waving like mad and grinning from ear to ear.

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