Psychotic (Kings of Grove Academy Book 2) by Katie May

Author:Katie May [May, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Expresso Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

14

Ellie

My research shows me three things about Reece Whipers.

One, he’s a senator, like The Divine One said, with only a few bills under his belt.

Two, he’s younger, maybe in his early thirties, and is married to a pretty woman with pin-straight black hair and a severe expression.

And finally…he’s squeaky clean. There’s not a single scandal I could dig up on the elusive senator.

So why the heck is The Divine One after him? How does Reece relate to POP?

It doesn’t make sense, but then again, nothing about any of this makes sense.

Obviously, The Divine One knows I’ll never willingly work for his cult, so why does he keep pushing the issue? His…interest in me is beginning to border on obsessive, and that scares me more than anything else. Obsession leads to irrationality, and irrationality—especially from someone like The Divine One—can only lead to death.

And what do my guys have to do with all of this? Why is everyone so afraid of them? How are they able to remain untouchable? How did they discover the truth about POP in the first place?

Question after question begins to pile up inside of my head like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Any second, the building’s going to collapse in a sheet of smoke, debris, and wood, annihilating everyone in the immediate vicinity.

A tiny part of me—the same part that has been internally screaming for days now, demanding for someone to hear—wants to confront Landon and the guys. I want to hear what they have to say, now that anger and guilt aren’t clouding my every waking thought. But at the same time…

I’m not ready.

My feelings for them have always been too much, too intense, and I’m terrified I’ll dive straight into fathomless depths I can’t claw myself out of if I take that plunge. If I let them in, truly let them in, then I’ll become reliant on them once again. It hasn’t occurred to me until recently how much I depended on them and their friendship to get through the years. But right now, I’m shattered, my pieces sharper than glass and just as fragile. It’s not fair to give them only tiny slivers of myself, when I know I’m capable of more. And it’s not fair to me to be reliant on men who I know are capable of betraying me.

No, I can’t be with them until I learn to be with myself. To love myself.

I think about what I asked Fischer for on Thanksgiving, and the first genuine smile in what feels like forever graces my lips. It’s there and gone faster than a shooting bullet, a whisper in the wind being carried across roiling seas, but any smile is a start.

But all good cheer and happiness dissipates when I step into my dorm for the first time since break ended.

My hands begin to shake in tandem with my rapidly beating heart as I stare at the figure bent over, searching for something underneath the couch.

“It’s not here!” she calls, not bothering to lift her head.

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