Dark Fae (Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac, #1)

by Caroline Peckham

“I don’t need to look, he lets me fondle them in the locker room.”

“Elise just gave me a mouth orgasm,”

“With no one to get you meals and pre-chew them for you, what would you do? Not to mention the fact that you’d have no one to wipe your ass for you when you took a shit either...”

“Firstly,” he said in a low voice. “I wipe my own ass. Mostly. Mindy did it once but it was too weird-” “Ohmagawd eww,”

“No. I mean, he was sleeping in the bed across from me every night and Killblaze makes people act fucking crazy. He was

a bit quiet but not...I never would have guessed he was taking the stuff. When they told me he’d overdosed I didn’t believe it at first but I guess... I mean maybe it was his first time and he was just unlucky.”

“What if I told you I’m hooking up with someone?” I asked slowly.

“Then I’d follow you and rip their dick off,” he growled.

“Arson?” Dante asked with a smirk. “I thought better of you, carina.” “Well that was a mistake,” I replied. “I’m as low and dirty as any asshole in this school. It might do you a favour to remember that.”

“You drew a huge dick?” he asked just as the balls burst alight at the far end of the hill. “I did,” I agreed on a laugh. “And I cast a holding spell to block earth magic beneath it too. So they won’t be able to make the grass grow back over the burned soil.”

I wanted Elises. One Elise in particular.

“Oh shit, I didn’t realise you were a Disney fan, Ryder. Which one is your favourite?” “Fuck. Off,”

“You get your inspiration from The Jungle Book and sing yourself to sleep with the snake’s Trussssst in meee song.”

So…I traded for that one off the Kipling brothers because I’m horny as hell for you.

“They’re all just trying to fuck you anyway and they’re probably only going to be disappointed...” “Well maybe I want to be fucked by a real man,”

“Well my option doesn’t expire. If you get bored of Mufasa’s kid and fancy a taste of Scar, you can come to my room. And all over my room too. I’ll wait to hear about the safe word.”

Titan gave me ten rank points for showing power by getting another Fae to do my work for me.

“The best of things move on swift and silent wings, look closely dear and you can have it all, but beware my love, for even angels fall...”

“Why are you crying?” he asked, his voice a dangerous growl. “Who hurt you?”

“To everyone else you’re like this perfect little doll, but I can see how fractured and torn apart you are inside,” he breathed. “I can see the cracks in the perfection. I can see the poison that’s tainting your essence. And every break, every scar and burn and fissure in your soul only makes it more beautiful. Only makes you more perfect to me. This pain is strength. This agony is beauty.”

“Oh yeah. In fact, they say any Fae can do that. You just have to suck real hard and believe.”

“Hey, little monster, you looking forward to playing with my balls later?”

Dante Oscura: The stars are not in my favour today. First I shit my pants in front of Professor Mars (like legit down the leg) and THEN while cleaning it up, I managed to flick it into my eye – and mouth! Cures for pink eye needed.

“Do you ever think you might want a girl who doesn’t fall at your feet the second you look at her?”

Dante looked back over his shoulder in outrage and Elise saluted him. My brows pinched together at the sight, fiercely reminded of Gareth.

“Do you have a dress yet?” I asked and something cracked in her gaze. “Oh um…no.” She chewed her lip.

“Tick tock.” I grinned. “If you don’t hurry you’ll have to go naked.” “Or in my sweats,” she teased. “Mmm tell me more,” I played along. “They’re gonna be so baggy.” “Fuuuck,” I groaned, pretending to get off on it. “More.”

“They’ll be grey…stained with ketchup and so, so-” She dipped her head, her mouth mere centimet...

What the fuck just happened? Did I just enjoy getting kicked in the nuts?

protein shake in his hand which he opened and drained in one go before crushing the can in his fist.

A canned protein shake???