The Awakening (Zodiac Academy, #1)

by Caroline Peckham

He was dangerous in all the right ways, and I knew without doubt that the fire in his eyes would burn me up if I strayed too close.

“I wouldn’t come near you even if someone held a knife to my heart and told me that the world would end if I didn’t,” I snarled, snatching the key out of his hand. “So why don’t you take a long, hard look while you can. Because I can promise you, you won’t be seeing this again.”

“If you come to my room uninvited again then it had better be because you’re ready to bow to us or to beg me to bend you over that headboard and make you scream my name,”

I didn’t know if I hated him or not, but I did know that my blood was heating, and desire was unfurling in me like the wings of a bird.

“Last chance, Roxy. Take your sister and leave this academy. Go back to your little mortal lives and leave Solaria in the hands of people who are worthy of the throne,”

I shouldn't be out here alone with an Heir. And I certainly shouldn't be thinking about kissing one.