Restless Stars (Zodiac Academy, #9)

by Caroline Peckham

“Yeah, Caleb finds it almost impossible to resist Seth too,” Darius agreed as he followed them with Darcy right beside him. “I’ve seen him pouncing on him and pinning him down, doing anything he can think of to get his mouth all over-” His words fell away as they disappeared through the gate and I frowned slightly, exchanging a look with Tory. “Why did he say it like that?” I muttered. “Like what?” she asked innocently. Too innocently. Tory didn’t do innocent. “Like me biting Seth is…” I trailed off, the truth of what it was sticking my tongue to the roof of my mouth as I realised I was probably only going to dig myself a hole by saying anything more on this.

my teeth gritted in frustration at being parted from Darcy. Whatever hell awaited us within this place, it looked like I was going to be facing it with the mutt. Seth came jogging back to me with a frown on his brow. “Can you try connecting to Caleb in that freaky mind way you can do sometimes?”

I ground my teeth, ignoring him. Don’t kill the Wolf. Blue has a fondness for it. A misplaced fondness, but still.

Somewhere, deep in the most bloodthirsty regions of my soul, I felt myself starting to let go of my grudge against the mutt. And maybe, just maybe, he was beginning to grow on me.

“Are you planning on walking right through the door that creepily opened just for us?” he growled.

“Go through the creepy door, she said,” Darius taunted. “Nothing bad will happen, she said.”

No, not him. Why is my son with him? “Gabe,” Leon growled, slinging an arm around my shoulders and damn near choking me. “Who the hell is he with?” I stepped closer to my wife, wiping a line of ash from her cheek, knowing she was about to lose her shit and I was damn well ready to lose it with her. “We need to go now. Seth motherfucking Capella has him.”

“My standards have always taken exception when it comes to you. You get a free pass for being you, the rest of the world does not. But if you think that means I won’t still bend you over my knee and remind you of what an asshole I can be, then go ahead and challenge me to prove it.”

“Come on, let’s go see the Oracles,” Tory said. “They might have seen something about this war that no one else has, and maybe they hold some answers about the Guild Stones.” “You mean the three women you had an orgy with? Can’t wait.” “It wasn’t an orgy. I just had mind sex with Darius while they watched and sort of…felt it through me.” “Oh right, sorry, I thought it was something really weird, but now I know they just had sex through you, I completely understand,” I said, giving her a serious look

“So tell me,” she said, her eyes brightening as something occurred to her. “How did you enjoy making out with Max?” I snorted. “That was the fourth time I’ve been Siren Spelled by him. It wasn’t all that thrilling aside from the star yanking him away during it.” “How much tongue did he use?”

“Sorry to disappoint you, baby, there was no tongue.” Her eyes narrowed. “Oh, come on, don’t lie to me. I’ve been trapped in his lust web before, I know how it goes.” “Lust web? Nah, Roxy there’s no lust in his magic. If you felt that then it was all between you and him.” She pursed her lips irritably. “So you’re saying that the full on make out I had with him was entirely unnecessary to the magic?” Jealousy flared through me at the thought of that despite it being way before the two of us and knowing that there was definitely nothing between them now. “It requires a kiss. Closed mouth works just fine. Maybe you made out with him because of your sex addiction-” “Oh fuck you,” she laughed loudly,

“I love you, Darius Vega,”

“I loved you first,”

Gabriel Nox: I saw this coming and could have stopped it #forthepubes #pubemeonce #revengeofthebush

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.”

About goddamn time!!!!

“I looked up at her tonight and knew that I was done pretending with you. You’re all I want Seth, you’re all I’ve wanted for far longer than I was brave enough to admit and I-”

“I love you, Seth Capella, even more than the moon loves the sky.”

“Mates,” I finished for him. “We’re Moon Mated.”

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“You used a butt plug with Darius’s face on it?” I asked, choking on my own laughter. “No,” Caleb snapped while Seth shrugged like that wouldn’t even have been that weird.

Caleb looked like he wanted the floor to swallow him whole while we all fell apart in hysterics.