Suitable for 18+ Readers. It Contains Harsh Language, Violence, and Sexual Situations.

1. Falls Boys
2. Pirate Girls

Falls Boys
Aro
Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man.
A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to.
And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me.
He calls me a bully. Irrational. Unreasonable. A criminal. He can call me anything he wants, Ive heard worse.
And he can try to stand between me and my money, but hes never had to fight for food. That rich, clean, school boy doesnt have what it takes.

Hawke
I surprised her. You shouldve seen her face. Just because I dont have a record, honey, doesnt mean Im clean. It just means Im better at not getting caught.
That is until I realize I mightve actually gone too far this time.
Shes there. Im there. The scene of the crime.
Its dark. The police show up.We have no choice. We run. Down High Street, into Quinns bake shop, and I pull her through the entrance to the old speakeasy that everyone forgot was here decades ago.
The door locks, the cops circle the building, never knowing were right here, and Im hidden in plain sight, indefinitely, with someones whos awful.
Mean. Rough. Dirty. A thief. A delinquent. Until one night, lost in all of these rooms together, I dont see any of those things anymore. Shes smart. Daring. Soft Irresistible.

Pirate Girls
She’s the daughter of Jared Trent. He’s the son of Madoc Caruthers . . .

Kade and Hunter Caruthers. Brothers. Twins. My cousins.
In a way, they’re my family. Protective. Indulgent. My best friends. But there was something else there, too. That ever-present whisper that reminded me more as I got older that we didn’t actually share any blood.

They used to be inseparable. We all were, but not anymore. I don’t know why Hunter left or why he joined a rival team in Weston, the Rebel town across the river, to stand on the opposite side of the field from his brother, but Kade is out for blood now and Hunter has finally decided to engage. Rivalry Week. Parades. Parties. Pranks. and the Prisoner Exchange.

Weston will send a hostage to our school, and in return they’re taking me. I’m Hunter’s for two weeks. In a dilapidated brownstone on a nearly abandoned street with almost no supervision. Ten days in an enemy school. Fourteen nights in a town full of bullies with no curfews and no rules. And Hunter has no intention of protecting his little cousin anymore.

The Pirates will come for me. How can they not? A Pirate never sits out on the fun. But I never needed protection or rescue, because a Pirate never runs, either.