Live and Let Lionel (Zodiac Academy, #8.6)

by Caroline Peckham

“I went out of my way to buy gifts I knew each of you would really enjoy. I put my heart and soul into selecting that car for Cal and the speedboat for Max, and you don’t see them complaining, do you?” “You gave me a bag of freaking Snausages,” Seth whined, looking to the others for help. Caleb only grinned at him as he dropped into his seat, while Max shrugged like he couldn’t understand the problem. “Did you, or did you not, eat all of them?” I asked slowly. “Well, yeah, but-” “And did I or did I not, call you a good boy when you balanced that one on your nose for five seconds before scoffing it?” I added, and Seth growled. “You can’t just casually abuse my praise kink by going all Alpha Daddy on me with a pack of Snausages and get away with not giving me a proper gift,” Seth growled, pushing to his feet. “Since when have you had a praise kink?” Caleb asked with interest, and Seth shot him a dark look. “Only when Darius does it,” he shrugged. “He has that whole dominant, ‘shove me around the bedroom’ vibe going, and sometimes I think he might even be able to do it to me if the mood took him.” “I could shove you around the bedroom if the mood took me,” Caleb said, and Seth barked a laugh, his attention stolen by the turn in the conversation. “Nah, Cal. You’re pretty and all, but you don’t scream ‘dominant daddy’ to me the same way that Dari-” Caleb shot towards Seth so fast that I lost the movement in a blink, the two of them crashing back against the table where several ...