Ruthless Rejection

RUTHLESS REJECTION EDGEWOOD ACADEMY ELITE BOOK II P.H. NIX Copyright © 2023 by P.H. Nix Cover by: Nerd Sisters Designs Editor: The “Write” Editor This book is a work of fiction. Names, items, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Created with Vellum For all the tissues, cold showers, and cursing. AUTHOR NOTE Content Warning: Ruthless Rejection is an 18+ novel that has triggers. If you have any triggers, this series may not be for you. Please also remember self-care when reading. Some potential triggers include bullying, anxiety disorder, torture scenes, and kidnapping. Please visit https://linktr.ee/authorphnix for a more detailed list of triggers. Ruthless Rejection is book two in the series and while you may find out some answers you will have more questions, all of which will be answered by the end of the series. Also, while there is only light bullying in the beginning of this series it’s been marketed as a bully romance for a reason. Please trust the process, and thank you for reading! BLURB Edgewood threatens to chew me up and spit me out. Since moving to town, my life has been turned on its axis. Everything I thought I knew is a lie, and even as secrets are revealed, more questions arise. I’ve been forced into a ruthless game—one with deadly consequences in order to take care of my siblings in my parents’ absence. A game that has the Queen Bee of the school out for my blood because the heirs of the school are fighting to win me over. The question is, are their motives pure, or will I be on the receiving end of a Ruthless Rejection? Ruthless Rejection is book two in the Edgewood Academy Elite Series. It is a slow burn why choose dark high school bully romance. Meaning the main character will end up with more than one love interest. As the series progresses, so will the level of darkness. It is an 18+ series with profanity, a feisty heroine, bullying, and obsessive and possessive themes. CONTENTS Playlist Prologue 1. Wyatt 2. Wes 3. Ariah 4. Lev 5. Sebastian 6. Owen 7. Ariah 8. Wes 9. Ariah 10. Wyatt 11. Owen 12. Lev 13. Ariah 14. Wes 15. Ariah 16. Sebastian 17. Ariah 18. Lev 19. Ariah 20. Sebastian 21. Ariah 22. Ariah 23. Wes 24. Ariah 25. Ariah 26. Ariah 27. Wyatt 28. Lev 29. Wes 30. Owen 31. Ariah 32. Sebastian 33. Ariah 34. Lev 35. Owen 36. Ariah 37. Wyatt 38. Ariah 39. Lev 40. Wes 41. Ariah 42. Ariah 43. Wyatt 44. Ariah 45. Sebastian 46. Owen 47. Ariah 48. Wes 49. Ariah 50. Lev 51. Ariah 52. Sebastian 53. Ariah 54. Wyatt 55. Ariah 56. Lev 57. Ariah 58. Owen 59. Ariah 60. Wyatt 61. Ariah 62. Sebastian 63. Ariah 64. Ariah 65. Owen 66. Wes 67. Ariah 68. Wyatt Epilogue Coming Soon Acknowledgments About the Author GLOSSARY To help with some of the Jamaican Patios in this series, I’ve provided a glossary of terms. Dem: them Dem don’t righted: they’re not okay Fi: to Gal: Girl Haffi: Have to Irie: cool/good Mi den yah: I’m okay Not ah bumbo: Not a fucking chance No suh: no sir Pum pum: pussy Quint it: clench around it Siddown pon di buddy: ride the dick Suh: So Unnuh: one or more people Wah gwan: Hello/What’s up Wha di ras: what the hell/fuck PLAYLIST Listen on Spotify: Ruthless Rejection Blood//Water- Grandson Bodies- Drowning Pool Dangerous- DeathbyRomy f. Blackbear The Hell I Overcame- Bad Omen I Feel Like I’m Drowning- Two Feet PillowTalk- ZAYN Go Down Deh- Spice f. Shaggy & Sean Paul Calm Down- Rema f. Selena Gomez Heart-Shaped Box- Nirvana Take Me To Church- Hozier Secrets Kill- Ely Eira Motivation- Kelly Rowland f. Lil Wayne Earned It- The Weekend Meet Your Master- Nine Inch Nails The Death Of Peace Of Mind- Bad Omens Sure Thing- Miguel Bad Guy- Billie Eilish Heaven- Julia Michaels I Run To You- MISSIO In The Blood- Red Rosamond Coming Undone- Korn I See You- MISSIO Dark Red- Steve Lacy Elastic Heart- Sia Cinderella’s Dead- EMELINE Someone You Loved- Lewis Capaldi PROLOGUE I watch as they scramble. Stupid fucking idiots. You’d think by now they would’ve figured out I’m the puppet master— all of their movements are controlled by me. Ariah didn’t understand, and neither did they— forcing my hand. There’s a plan, and I won’t allow any of them to deter what’s coming. The power that will come with the union between the girl chosen and the heirs of Edgewood is too great to let some stupid decree, created by dead men centuries ago, dictate what was never the Fraternitas’ in the first place. Men have ruled this world for far too long— foolishly. Wars, famines, and gluttony have destroyed us while they were at the ship’s helm, bringing us to calamitous existence. It’s time for a woman to wield power— for us to finally get the job done, and in order for that to happen, the Fraternitas must fall. “Are you ready?” I ask “You know I’ll do anything for you,” Senator Baker says. The fucking gullible fool. Smiling, I say, “Soon, you’ll have it all. Just remember the plan.” He walks closer, and I know what he wants— a small sacrifice for what I’ll gain. I begin to strip off my clothes as he makes his final approach, his mouth finding my neck, causing me to groan. He lifts his mouth from my skin. “Soon, my father will bow at my feet.” Not wanting him to see me roll my eyes at his