Jocking Jameson (Face-Off Legacy/Campus Kings 4)

“Everything okay?” Shannon is standing behind me. She’s so quiet I had no idea she was awake.

I spin the chair around to face her. “Yeah. Sorry if I woke you. It’s early. You should go back to bed.”

She shoves her hair behind her ears and yawns. “What are you doing?”

I grip her hips and pull her down to sit on my lap. “Looking for The Queen.”

“Oh.” She sounds surprised. “How come?”

“So, I can shut down her website. So, I can make her pay for the shit she’s doing to my friends. We lost our last game because everyone on our team is fighting. And it all started with her.”

“What does she have against you guys?”

“I honestly have no idea. We assume one of us dated her. Maybe more than one…” I stop myself, realizing how douchey that sounds. “I’ve been looking for her since the first edition of Dethroned. I was hoping she’d quit, but I should’ve known better. I should’ve found her by now.”

She presses her palm to my shoulder and smiles. “You’re the smartest guy I know, Jamie. If anyone can find her, it’s you.”

“She’s beating me,” I admit. “Always one step ahead.”

“Maybe you just need to find the reason for her hatred.”

I bite the inside of my cheek, thinking over her words. “How do you suggest I do that?”

“Can you catfish her somehow?”

I laugh in her ear without meaning to.

Shannon smacks me on my bare arm, and it stings a little. “Don’t laugh at me, Jamie. It’s not a bad idea. Isn’t there some way to use your super nerd skills to lure her into a trap?”

I consider her question. “Yeah, I guess.”

“This is a first,” she coos, running a hand through my hair to push it off my forehead. “I’ve never seen you so unsure of yourself.”

I stare into her green eyes and my pulse races, my heart slamming into my rib cage. She’s beautiful and smart, sexy without even trying, and I’ve never liked her as much as I do right now. She just called me out on my shit. I’m acting like a scared boy running away from a girl.

The Queen is another coder with legit skills. But I’m better. I just have to act like it.

Two days later, we’re hanging out in the living room of our house when our cell phones ding with a notification from the Dethroned app. A look of horror crosses each of our faces. Who will The Queen dethrone next? A chill rolls down my spine as I open the app to read her latest post.

Dethroned

November Edition

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the douchiest of them all? This week’s D-Bag Award was supposed to go to Preston Parker, Mr. MVP and captain of the men’s ice hockey team, for his scandalous affair with his coach’s daughter. But the Kane twins have stolen the throne. Their latest shenanigans make you wonder…. can two princes share one crown? Or in this case, one girl?

Trent and Tucker Kane, you have been dethroned.

XO,

The Queen

I breathe a sigh of relief that I have escaped her wrath. Not like I ever do anything particularly memorable to land on her blog. Still, I have to keep my nose clean and out of her line of sight. My dad’s company and reputation are on the line. So is mine.

“Fucking bitch,” Preston yells, throwing his phone across the living room. It hits a pillow on the couch next to me. “If Coach Bryant finds out about Bex and me before I get the chance to tell him, he’s gonna flip the fuck out.”

“Then, man up and tell him,” Drake says.

Preston tugs at the ends of his hair. “I will. Eventually.”

Two weeks ago, Trent and Tucker were hooking up with the same girl. In their defense, they both liked her and had no idea they were seeing her individually. Jemma won’t speak to either of them. She’s what Shannon calls her Little Sister, a term used in her sorority. Trent clearly likes this girl more, and Tucker is being an asshole and fighting him. Knowing Tucker, he moved on the second after he fucked her. Trent isn’t wired like him. They might share looks, but they don’t have the same personality.

Trent stares at his phone, re-reading the blog post over again while shaking his head at the screen. I feel bad for him. Tucker loves the attention and probably couldn’t care less that he’s been the star of the last two monthly editions of Dethroned.

Where’s she getting her information? Only our inner circle knew about Trent and Tucker hooking up with Jemma. And I doubt she’d tell a soul. Jemma was mortified when she found out she had sex with identical twins without knowing it.

“You’re missing the point,” Preston growls at Drake. “This girl, The fucking Queen, is going to ruin our lives if we don’t stop her.”