Restless Stars (Zodiac Academy, #9)

by Caroline Peckham

“My l-lady Darcy and my l-lady Tory, I deserve the flail for not realising sooner that a dastardly creature had taken your faces.

She pointed to where two enormous carved wooden thrones were sitting there expectantly, just for me and my sister. Two notably smaller chairs sat either side of them, one with Guild Master etched into its surface and the other with King Consort.

Darius Vega… King Consort

“Well, I love him. He’s got all the best qualities,” Seth decided. “Fluffy? Check. Deadly? Check. Cute in a murderous kind of way? Check. What’s not to like?”

“Really?” Orion asked curiously, but Max’s eyes simmered with anger. “She’s waiting for my dad,” Max growled. “Tell your dead father to back the fuck up.” “Sure, I’ll just light a scented candle and whisper my wishes into the flames as soon as I locate my aromatherapy set,” Orion deadpanned, and Max’s scowl grew. “Well you’d better do something about it,” he muttered. “I think it’s cute,” Darius said tauntingly. “You’re both practically step-brothers now.” “Fuck off,” Orion said lightly, moving to sit in an armchair while the rest of us laughed – barring Max who looked ready to fight someone. Caleb yawned, pushing a hand into his curls, his eyes sliding to Seth. “Hey, man.” “Hey,” Seth said a little stiffly, his eyes lingering on him. I shot Tory a look, our twin minds needing no words to convey that we were both fully aware of the heated tension between them. It was clear they were dying to greet each other properly but were playing a game of ‘who can be the most aloof asshole’ instead. “So who’s been fucking who while I’ve been gone?” Darius asked frankly, and Seth suddenly became intensely busy making coffee.

Hysterical

“Excaverinias-helios-dolianco.” The Shadow Beast’s name entered my head, its voice taking no real shape that was in any way Fae.

Hadley took her hand and the way he looked at her made me suddenly certain my little brother had fallen in love with a Capella, and my head was in a whirlwind of shit over that.

“I think Hail might prefer if you knelt at his grave and begged his permission though,” Darius said

“This war is a vast and uncertain thing. We don’t know if we will live to see tomorrow let alone the dawn of what will come after it. A new age is rising one way or another. Now is the time to stand up and fight to be a part of its creation. Now is the time for fates to change and something else to begin. I’ve played my part. It’s time for you to step out of my shadow, and you just proved that I was right to think so.”

“I challenged my mother and claimed her place,” I told him. “And if my queens try to tell me no on this then I think I’ll just have to go ahead and commit treason. You are in my head morning, noon and night, your presence invigorates me and your absence leaves me aching. I dream of you whenever I sleep and burn for you whenever you are near. I can’t hide it anymore. I won’t hide it anymore. I want you to be mine, Seth, I fucking need you to be mine.”

Holy fucking finally

“You assholes get naked to shift all the time and it’s not like I’m concerned about that. Caleb must have seen Seth’s cock a thousand times before he was tempted to start sucking it.” “A thousand and one,” Caleb put in, biting back his laughter. “The one over was the charm.”

“I did not-” Seth began, but Caleb kissed him to shut him up. “Point is that I’m yours now, right?” Seth looked at him then sighed, reaching out to caress the mate mark behind Caleb’s ear. “Okay. I won’t have any revenge threesomes. But don’t ever mention that vicious rumour about you and Milton again.”

Tharix grinned. “Do you know, just this morning, I was thinking how much better he would look without a head. It will match with his missing hand.”

Love this so Glad i called it