Vicious Lies: An Academy Romance (Bastards of Boulder Cove Book 2) by Rachel Leigh

Author:Rachel Leigh [Leigh, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Thirteen

SCAR

“Stuck!” I blurt out. “No. There has to be another way out.” I look around the room, but I only see four walls with shelves running the width of them, and the door to “my” room.

Jagger turns around, facing me. “Don’t worry, we’ll find a way out. This creep can’t keep us down here forever.”

His words do nothing to settle my unease because we have no idea what this lunatic’s plan is. We have no food. We have no water. And when the sconce begins flickering, I realize, it’s only a matter of time before we have no light.

“Let me see that.” He reaches for our only light source and I hand it over. I follow closely behind him while he searches for another exit. I’m so close the toes of my boots hit the back of his with every step we take.

After minutes of pacing the room, we’ve found nothing. I finally stop tailing him because I’m certain no one else is down here. If there was, we would know by now. We might be stuck, but at least we’re safe, for now.

With my back pressed to the door to the adjoined room, I slide down to the floor. Knees bent, I hug my legs to my chest. “This is pointless,” I tell Jagger, who is still searching for some sort of miracle. “We’re not getting out until we’re let out.”

“Fuck that. We’re getting the hell outta here.”

I like his confidence, but I can also tell he’s getting really pissed at the situation, as am I, but stress has also exhausted me. So for now, I’ll sit here and let him figure this shit out.

More minutes pass. I’m not sure how many, sixty maybe. I’m thirsty. I’m hungry, and I’m tired. The game has to be over by now and Crew is probably losing his mind, trying to figure out where I am.

Why was I so stupid? I should have never come down here in the first place. Then again, I’m glad it happened this way because had I not told Jagger, I would have tried doing this all on my own. I like to think of myself as a strong girl, but I think The Academy is starting to break me little by little.

My head lifts when Jagger taps his knuckles to a wall. “What are you doing?”

“Someone slammed a door in here when we were in the other room. There has to be another exit somewhere.”

I really hope he’s right because the idea of being stuck down here, for even a night, has my stomach twisting in knots.

While Jagger puts his detective skills to work, I look around at some of the documents on the desk. I pick up a newspaper article dated back to 1963. My eyes skim over the words that focus on the murder of a lady named Betty Beckett. Nothing about it rings a bell, so I set it back down and pick up an old photo of a couple. It’s in black and white, but I smile at the sweet gesture of a man kissing the woman’s cheek.

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