LOGINZuriI woke up to the smell of the lanterns still burning low, the fairy lights dimmed but not fully out, and three separate heartbeats pressed against different parts of me. Audric's arm was draped over my waist. Ethan's head rested against my shoulder. Chris had somehow ended up sprawled sideways across both our legs, one arm hanging off the edge of the blanket entirely.I stayed still for a long moment, just breathing it in, unwilling to be the one who ended it first."You're awake." Audric's voice came out rough with sleep, his arm tightening slightly around me. "I can feel you thinking.""I wasn't thinking about anything important.""Liar." He pressed a kiss to the top of my head. "What is it?""Just that I don't want this to end." I turned enough to look at him properly. "Going back down that mountain feels like stepping back into a version of my life that's a lot louder than this one.""It doesn't have to be louder." Ethan stirred beside me, blinking slowly awake. "We're allowe
Zuri"Okay, someone find something to actually do." Chris pushed the empty plates aside, making room on the blanket. "I refuse to just sit here digesting.""We could just talk." Ethan leaned back on his palms."Boring." Chris was already digging through the bag he'd carried up, and a second later he pulled out a battered deck of cards with a triumphant grin. "I brought backup.""Of course you did." I laughed, sitting up straighter. "What are we playing?""Something with stakes." Audric plucked the deck from Chris's hand, shuffling it like he actually knew what he was doing. "Truth or dare, but with cards. Lose a hand, you answer a question or do a dare. Your choice.""That sounds like a trap specifically designed for me.""Maybe." He dealt the cards out with a grin that told me exactly how much thought had gone into this plan. "Guess you'll find out."The first few rounds went easy enough. Ethan lost first and had to admit the most embarrassing thing he'd ever done at a hockey tryout,
ZuriThey showed up at my dorm without any warning, all three of them crowded into my doorway like they'd planned this for weeks and were only telling me about it now out of pity."Where are we going?" I grabbed my jacket off the hook, already suspicious of the matching grins on their faces."You'll find out soon." Audric held the door open for me, entirely too pleased with himself."That's not an answer.""It's the only one you're getting." Chris took my bag from my shoulder before I could argue, slinging it over his own. "Just trust us.""I always trust you. That's usually when things get complicated."Ethan laughed, steering me toward the car with a hand at the small of my back. "Complicated in a good way, this time. Promise."The drive took the same turns I remembered, and I knew exactly where we were headed the second Audric took the exit off the main road."We're not." I turned to look at him in the front seat. "Are we actually going up there?""We are actually going up there."
AudricI found Gabriela outside the library, phone in hand, laughing at something on her screen like she hadn't spent the last twenty-four hours setting fire to someone else's reputation."We need to talk."She looked up, and whatever amusement had been on her face vanished the second she saw mine. "About what?""You know exactly what." I stopped in front of her, close enough that she couldn't pretend not to hear me. "Campus Confessions. The post. All of it.""I don't know what you're talking about.""Don't." My voice came out harder than I meant it to. "I'm not doing this dance with you. Stay away from Zuri. I mean it. Whatever this is, whatever you're still trying to prove, it ends now."Something flickered across her face, hurt trying to disguise itself as anger. "What did you even see in her?" She crossed her arms, voice climbing. "Because from where I'm standing, I don't get it. I don't get any of it.""That's not surprising." I held her gaze, steady. "Considering you've never on
ZuriWe'd only been back on campus a few hours, bags barely unpacked, and already the weekend felt like it belonged to a different life entirely. I'd expected the usual return, syllabus updates, long lines at the coffee cart, maybe a few people asking about the anniversary party since half our friend group had heard about it secondhand. What I walked into instead was something else completely.The hallway outside my first lecture went quiet the second I stepped into it, and not the good kind of quiet.Two girls near the vending machines stopped talking and stared. A guy I barely recognized elbowed his friend and nodded my way. Somewhere behind me, a voice pitched just loud enough to carry said, "That's her. Can you believe it? Sleeping with all three of them."Another voice laughed. "Such a slut, honestly."I kept walking, chin up, refusing to let my steps change even by a fraction, though my stomach had already dropped somewhere around my ankles.Maya caught up to me before I reached
ZuriI woke up tangled in blankets that weren't mine, sunlight just starting to creep in through the game room windows, and it took me a second to remember where I was and why my whole body felt this loose, this warm.Chris was still half asleep beside me, one arm thrown over my waist. Ethan was on the floor, back against the couch, head tipped back like he'd meant to leave at some point and never actually managed it. Audric sat by the window, already dressed, watching the sun come up like he'd been awake for a while."Morning," I said, voice still rough with sleep.He turned, and something in his face softened the second he saw me. "Morning." His eyes swept over me, more careful than casual. "How are you feeling?""Sore." I stretched, feeling it in muscles I hadn't used in a while. "Really sore, actually.""We got a little carried away." Chris winced from beside me, propping himself up on one elbow. "Sorry. We should've slowed down at some point.""Don't apologize." I nudged him with
RheaElowen’s voice cut through the moment. “So you’re the boyfriend.”Everyone looked at her. She pushed off the island, examining Nick with open curiosity.“I have to say, I’m impressed.” She took another bite of her apple. “Didn’t picture Rhea with someone so… put together. Stylish. Good-looking
RHEABrandon and Jackson stopped dead in the doorway.I watched their eyes travel over me—taking in the blood-red silk, my makeup, my spread legs, the shameless confidence in my pose. Their gazes lingered on my exposed breasts, dropped to where the nightdress had ridden up to show everything, then
RheaJackson dropped to his knees between my legs so fast I barely had time to register the movement. He slapped my hand away from my pussy and replaced it with his mouth.The first touch of his tongue against my clit sent electricity shooting through my entire body. I gasped, my hips jerking up i
RHEAThe ride to the hospital was tense and silent except for my labored breathing. Brandon drove like a man possessed, weaving through traffic with single-minded focus. Jackson sat in the back with me, his hand wrapped around my wrist, fingers pressed against my pulse point.“You’re okay,” he kep







