Enslaving Alice

barriers broke, would you stick a plaster over the

sday the school had assigned him to Caleb after he transferred, probably hoping the boy's intelligent politeness and 'stand

achers discussing his family. It was all Caleb could do not to burst in there a

suppress the urge, he felt Dylan's hand over hi

t. He steadied his ragged breathing and put his ear back to the door, trying to

ded old, so Caleb figured it was Mrs Rodgers. "If they had a decen

itch voice agreed. "I've reported that woman to t

hissed through gritt

e intel he needed. Dylan followed suit, having no

ch," Cale

He looked into Caleb's eyes with such intensity that Caleb let out a small

inks her kids are too good to hang around with my scumbag family, but I'

cing the corridor. Caleb knew from experience

hing. The kid was smart. Book-smart, as opposed to street-

he clean now your brother

drugs off me since Wayne went down. Imagine if M

On the supply

shrugged. "I buy off

as the cogs turned. Somehow, he

This bloke also deals guns, and we're jus

criminal types are a match for

considering going head-to-head with bonafide criminals. Even putting the obvious danger aside, what would be the point?

immons?" Caleb pleaded. "I n

smiled, draping an arm around his

making their way to the exit, Caleb

red of looking ga

fed. "But I do l

gathered just outside the girls' toilet. Why they always met in such an unfortunate place, Caleb would never

pular girls," Cal

er and Carla Deacon. The qu

she blamed Wayne for her brother's addiction. Wayne, though, had a different th

some trauma or damage, or so Dylan had explained, but t

hus far,' the cynical part of his brain

ught. He didn't want to focus on his pas

the exit. "You know, you don't have to cling to that scumbag just because the sc

ular boys approaching did the same, preparing for a fight they had to know they would lose. They alwa

onds if a fight did break out, sniffing out violence and trouble with the keen vigour of bl

, gently pushing him back while flashing one of hi

e and stepped back as D

tem and seen all of your IQ test results. I mean, it's slim pi

actually a genius?" Ka

ke rain man,"

and squeeze the life out of her. As he imagined the life

r -600 scrawled in his brother's handwriting. Caleb remembered glancing down at it, wondering why

asked, keeping his tone calm and relaxed. He spoke slowly, obser

d, narrowing her eyes. "Eddison doesn't ne

been begging me for more H on tick in a while. You

chuckle, and everyone else to

ing!" Alic

ched warily, asking A

gnore

ned. You're lying

or not. It had happened. At the time Caleb had found the offer so amusing he'd let E

gay," Alice added,

es his brother had told him but wasn't about to out hi

k tock, tick tock," Dylan piped up, tapping his finger against an imaginary wristwatch. It was a blata

hing rage that rippled beneath her mask of decorum, taking

ice spun on her heels so fast her lon

ing back angry glances as they exited, the boys holding

make her your slave, will you

fuck her, why didn't you just take her

e the words 'vanilla sex' with a shudder of disgust, giving Caleb cause to wonder what kind of sex he did want. It wouldn't be too surprising to learn Dylan liked it ro

rugged. "I don't car