Cruel Prince: Royal Hearts Academy – Book One

Christ. You’re fucking gorgeous.”

Um…has he looked in the mirror lately?

The only good Covington brother is dead.

“He’s right,” Cole chimes in. “If you want to stop the dogs from peeing on your lawn, you need to put up a fence. Not a sign.”

Not only does that analogy not make any goddamn sense, it doesn’t apply.

“The both of you can fuck off. I’m not jealous.”

“No. You’re hotter than the Eta Carinae.”

“The hottest star in the galaxy?” I’ll take it.

How did you get here?”

I pick at my cuticles. “One day my mommy and daddy—”

“I’m serious,” he mutters as Cole snorts.

I really wish Oakley would learn to shut up and keep the things I tell him private. “I didn’t break up with him. We were never together.”

His eyes narrow. “I want a name.”

I smile sweetly and extend my hand. “My name’s Dylan. Pleasure to meet you.”

He looks at Jace. “Has she always been this much of a smart ass?”

Jace’s lips quirk. “Only when she’s nervous or hiding something.

Baring her teeth, Sawyer looks down at her. “I might be crying, but you’re the one who’s bleeding…bitch.”

She’s visibly outraged. “That pompous asswipe needs a lobotomy with an ice pick.”

I’m destroying the kingdom.

And just like a game of chess.

You have to take down the queen before conquering the king.

Or in this case, the prince.

Sawyer raises an eyebrow. “Really? Are you sure the prince of Royal Hearts Academy will allow one of his noble subjects to hang out with two insignificant paupers like us?”

She’s officially my new favorite person