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She stared back at the pinched-face bitch that so hated her student Shane Mayes simply because he was the sheriff’s son, and the sheriff refused to ko to her or her brother

It was rumored Sheriff Zeke Mayes koed to no ive a fuck where you put theood, Nadine would do as she wished anyway "I’ Somerset"

"My dear Ms Walker, your ean

"Is obviously at an end" Caitlyn shtly as she picked up the photos and shoved the, Mr Thompson"

"You’ll leave town," Dayle Mackay stated, his voice like ice

The old But this man, he was black, evil It was in his eyes, in his face It was alh to send a shiver down her spine But she didn’t shiver, her spine straightened and pure Walker arrogance and stubborn pride kicked in Her father had once warned her that her pride would be the death of her

"Go to hell, Mackay" She could barely speak Fury was ripping through her, tearing at her

"Your reputation will be less than nothing by the tiht-lipped, superior smile looked like a wolf’s curl of the lip Anticipatory

Ready to strike "You don’t want to stay here"

"No, you don’t want me to stay because you’re terrified that if one person stands up to your viciousness, then others will," she stated cal up to you, Nadine, I’ you now, you can’t hurt me"

Nadine’s smile was cold "Your position within the school syste in this county will be history" Her tone assured Rogue she felt she had done the dae she wanted to do

Caitlyn forced herself to laugh Her father had taught her how to be strong; her randht her how to be a bitch and made Caitlyn enjoy every lesson

Bess Evansworth was a force of nature and a law unto herself And Caitlyn had been her favorite She had always allowed Caitlyn to tag along with her and her cronies to their luncheons and teas And Caitlyn had learned

"Put them on the Internet" Caitlyn’s smile was all teeth "I dare you Better yet, randparents Their address is easy to find Evansworth Taite and Bessaet a tickle out of it Though, Daddy h she didn’t care "You could take your chances"

She shoved the few possessions fro She didn’t have iven her tiht the school board, but who really wanted to? She’d come here with dreams, and over the past months she had learned how ineffectual those dreams were in these , and filled with dark, poisonous little creatures just waiting to strike She had sensed that during the first few months here She knew it the moment she had met these two, and now she felt their swift, sharp attack

The pictures were in her purse, but she knew that meant so very little Simply that she had her own copies Da here will serve no purpose," Dayle Mackay snorted "You’re not wanted, you little bitch, any norant father anted or any of the Walker clan

The lot of you are nothing but white trash, whores, and drug-guzzling bastards"

Oh, one day, he’d pay for that one They would both pay for that one

"Oh well, far be it for ly "Do whatever the hell you ith the pictures But" She paused as she picked up the oversized bag at her side "Be watching for me When you least expect it" She looked between the two "When you very least expect it, I’ll be there And it won’t be trumped-up photos that are used to break either one of you It will be the truth"

She left the school, and she left her dreams behind her She put her dreams behind her, and she refused to call her parents This was her life, and the thought of dragging thee

It was her fault She should have done as her father warned her and let his friends, who ed the bar he still owned in town, knoho she hen she went there, rather than hiding from them It wouldn’t have happened then, because they would have watched out for her

The problem was, she hadn’t wanted anyone to watch out for her She had been too confident that she could watch out for herself She was an adult She was able to defend herself In the arrogance of youth she had convinced herself that nothing or no one could touch her

She had entered that bar as confident and arrogant as any young woman that had just turned twenty-one, watched the excitement and fun with a sense of anticipation And she had let herself be betrayed and nearly used She had made that mistake It was no one’s fault but her own She would live with it

She wasn’t about to leave Pulaski County though As she drove home, she stared out at the an its descent in the evening sky, and she knew she couldn’t leave

She had been raised in the city, but these mountains, they were a part of her From the moment she had entered them, she had known she had come home, and she’d known she never wanted to be anywhere else

But now, she knew an adjustment would have to be made

Her eyes narrowed, her jaw clenched Da to be run out of town She wouldn’t be defeated like that They had won this round, and those pictures would probably be on the Internet within hours But that didn’t mean they had beaten her