I looked across the field and saw he was standing next to his brother.
“Apparently this girl is super into bad boys,” added Diablo.
“Nice. Is she hot?” asked Angel.
“Yeah man, she’s a dime.”
Damn right she is!
“Well that’s great news for me,” said Angel. “Once she sees how badly you suck at everything, it won’t even be a contest.”
“You can have her…I have other plans.” Diablo slapped him on the back and walked away.
I turned to Tanner to see his take on what we had just heard.
“He doesn’t sound very suspicious to me,” said Tanner.
“Maybe he knows he’s bugged and he’s just playing us.”
“I doubt it.”
“Damn it! I thought for sure we had him.”
Tanner pulled me into his big strong arms. “I’m sorry. But at least we’ve narrowed down the list of suspects. You’re infinitely closer to finding her than you were just 24 hours ago.”
I nuzzled into his chest. The smell of his sweat mixed with his sunscreen was so comforting. I wanted to just stay there the rest of the day. Tension melted off of me as he rubbed the back of my neck. And I realized that this was the first time in months that I’d felt this relaxed.
“In the meantime, we better focus on this competition. I still can’t believe you agreed to take the princess suite.”
I pulled back and looked up at him. “Why?”
“Cole really didn’t tell you?”
“Tell me what?”Oh God.I should have known there was some horrible punishment for losing. “What happens to the princess at the end of this?”
“The winning princess gets an extra wish. And a token for their necklace.”
Well that doesn’t sound so bad.But I wasn’t worried about what happened to the winner. “And what about the losing princess?”
Before he could answer, static crackled through my earbud. And then Diablo said, “Hey, girl.”
I looked around the field to see who he was talking to. He wasn’t competing, he wasn’t by Angel…he wasn’t anywhere to be seen.
“Hey,” said a girl's voice.
“I think Raven is onto me.”
“No surprise there. You’re not exactly being subtle,” replied the girl.
“Who is that?” I whispered frantically to Tanner. This was exactly what we had been waiting for!
Tanner shrugged and pulled out his phone. “Let’s find out.” He hit a few buttons and then turned the screen to show me a livefeed of Diablo standing in a cabin with some blonde dressed all in blue.
She turned and I saw her face.
“Chastity?” I gasped.
Tanner looked a little shocked.
