Woodsboro

WOODSBORO THE COMPLETE DUET RORY IRELAND Copyright © 2023 by Rory Ireland 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. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Created with Vellum For Steph, Thank you for always coming through and helping me shine CONTENTS Woodsboro Playlist Content Tropes & Tags Twisted in Flames 1. Sebastian 2. Carrington 3. Sebastian 4. Carrington 5. Sebastian 6. Carrington 7. Sebastian United in Ashes 1. Carrington 2. Sebastian 3. Carrington 4. Carrington 5. Sebastian 6. Carrington 7. Sebastian 8. Carrington 9. Carrington Epilogue Epilogue Indecent Infatuation Violent Peak Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Rory Ireland WOODSBORO This is the complete Woodsboro Duet featuring Twisted in Flames and United in Ashes. A bonus epilogue is at the end and I hope you enjoy it. xoxo Rory PLAYLIST Someone Else - Rezz & Grabbitz Second Chances Aren’t For Everyone - KAMAARA HEADSPACE - Fame on Fire FT. POORSTACY MONSTERS - Shinedown Afraid - The Neighborhood Slow Down - Chase Atlantic Play with Fire - Sam Tinnesz FT. Yacht Money The Devil Within - Digital Daggers Sick Like Me - In This Moment Seven Devils - Florence + The Machine MoodSwings - KAMAAARA Asshole - hooligan chase DEAD TO ME - blackbear If These Scars Could Speak - Citizen Soldier Another Lie - Motionless In White CONTENT TROPES & TAGS NonCon DubCon Drug Use (Marijuana) Stepbrother Somnophilia Primal Play Violence TWISTED IN FLAMES KB, I can only hope that these books live up to the gorgeous covers you created for Woodsboro. They’ll forever be my favorite. Fate! There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then it's up to you to make it happen. THE ANGEL, CAN’T HARDLY WAIT 1 SEBASTIAN “You're late, McCoy,” Talon, the president of Kappa Alpha, calls over his shoulder when I walk into the formal dining room of the fraternity house. He’s extinguishing the flames on the candles lined across the marble mantle that overhangs on the ancient stone fireplace. This whole school is so pretentious, between the way they make us dress, speak, and act. It’s like we’re living in archaic times, despite the fact that when we go home on term breaks, we all drive fucking Maserati’s, get tattoos and trash our parents’ mansions with wild parties. But it’s a rite of passage for the wealthy in Faircliff, and I’m fairly certain none of us would be here if our trust funds weren’t on the line. “When the president addresses you, it’s polite to respond,” Talon brushes his hand through his blonde hair and gives me a shit eating grin. He’s baiting me. I can feel the fucking tension between us, and it’s more intense than usual. But that’s more on me than him. He’s always a pretentious douchebag. I can’t remember the last time I slept more than an hour or two, and I’m hanging on by a thread. And if anyone is going to make me snap, it’s Talon Sanderson. I’ve wanted to kick his ass since the first time I heard him open his mouth freshman year, but I haven’t because his dad is the Dean of Woodsboro University, and my father’s best friend. So, instead of knocking him out and crushing his windpipe with my foot on his throat, I settle for flipping him off. I don’t want to be part of this stupid fraternity, but I don’t have a choice. My brother, Blaine, and I are legacies. I clench my jaw as the thought runs through my brain. Were. Past tense. We were legacies, until he was found dead on the cliffs around the perimeter of the Woodsboro campus last month. No one is acting like it’s a big deal. Just a horrible accident, is what every adult in this hellish school is saying. There are some whispers from students about whether it was self-inflicted, or if our stepsister Carrington was involved. No investigation, nothing but a shitty vigil and an even shittier tombstone in the cemetery near the old church on campus. I glance around the room, and I realize that I must be further behind schedule than I thought. Besides Talon, there’s only four guys still in the room which means I’ve completely missed the meeting. They’re pretending to be bored and unbothered, but they’re aware of the fact that I’m not in any mental state to be dealing with this asshole. Wilder has swiped one of the leather-bound books off the built-in bookshelf and is reading it upside down as he grins at me. He’s always looking for a reason to get into a fight, and he’s waiting for me to start it so he can get in on the fun. Nathaniel and Cruz are fucking around with the gold encrusted globe that’s probably worth more than all of our lives together. And Declan is sipping whiskey and watching Wilder with an amused expression. He’s the most reserved, never one to spout off in anger, but if I could only pick one person to have my back, it’d be him. The five of us are like brothers, and I’m not surprised that they’re waiting around to see if I’m going to lose my shit and burn this motherfucker to the ground with Talon still inside. I notice that Jesse, my brother’s best friend, hasn’t waited around for me. I don’t need a babysitter, but he’s usually Mr. Nice Guy just like Blaine was, and wouldn’t chance leaving me alone with Talon with four witnesses who would swear on their grandmothers that he bashed his own