Unmask: A Dark High School Romance by J.L. Weil

Author:J.L. Weil [Weil, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Magick Publishing, LLC
Published: 2025-09-26T00:00:00+00:00

14

KREED

Carson stormed off next door to his house. Good. He got in my way.

He made it very clear he didn’t trust me, as he shouldn’t, unless it had to do with Kaylor. This was one time I meant what I said. I didn’t give a shit about him or what he thought. Hell, I didn’t care about Kenny. I didn’t even know her. The promises I made were for Kaylor. It was Kaylor I protected and would continue to do so. It was her. It had always been her.

She might not see it yet, but I did.

I had my theories about the sudden kidnapping of someone close to her, and I planned to explore them. Pulling out my phone, I sent the Crew a group message, telling them we needed to meet tonight. We had some shit to discuss. If we could uncover who the Viper traitor was, I was certain it would lead us to Kenny, and we had to move fast. If my suspicions were correct, it wasn’t death waiting for Kenny. It was much worse.

I wasn’t sure how Kaylor would handle the loss of someone else in her life. Especially to a sex ring. Finding her friend would keep Kaylor safe. Finding the traitor would keep Kaylor alive.

There had been whispers of the Vipers moving girls out of Elmwood, those no one would miss, for the last year, perhaps more, but people were talking about it more now that some of those missing girls were making headlines. Kenny wasn’t their normal target. She didn’t fit the mold of girls with broken or no homes, girls desperate to survive, or girls who wanted to get out of a shitty home life. The tricky bit would be safeguarding Kaylor while tracking her friend. We could afford no slipups. Evan alone wouldn’t be enough. I needed my crew, and despite hating the idea, I would need my father’s help and the Ravens. If anyone had details about the Vipers’ activity, it was my father’s crew. It had been too long since I paid a visit to the Rooftop.

Distancing myself from the Ravens would have to wait. I never thought anything could drag me back. This was why I loathed feelings. They made you do shit you promised you wouldn’t ever do or, in my case, do again.

I snuck a glance at the girl who had changed my world to see how she was faring. Comforting girls in distress wasn’t my specialty. I didn’t know what to say or do. It summoned this protective feeling she instilled within me. I didn’t fully understand why, of all the girls I’d been with, what made her different, a puzzle I wasn’t sure I’d ever solve.

She couldn’t sit still. Her knees bounced like she was trying to shake the nerves out of her. Fingers picked at the already ragged edge of her nail, and her gaze, vacant and unfocused, stared straight through the tinted glass window.

I didn’t say anything. Just watched her, cataloging every

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