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“Here. Just don't tell anyone you bit an FIB agent on duty.”
Be sensible, Lance. It was a one-time thing. She’s not yours to be jealous over. Leave it alone.
I gave them a dark look to stoke a little fear in the hearts of any rebels considering breaking those orders. Darcy's eyes locked with mine and my lungs compressed. Why was it so fucking difficult to cut her out of me? One look was enough to make me consider risking everything I’d ever worked for. So stop looking, asshole.
“Yeah, I'd like to think I know my girlfriend pretty well.” I watched the blood run from his face all the way down to his shiny little boots with a twisted satisfaction. It wasn't entirely accurate, but she wouldn't deny it if he brought it up. Not that I expected he would now he knew he was interrogating the man that kept company with his boss at night.
Caleb: That’s so cold, Tory. I know you felt things too...the noises you were making in response to them are kinda hard to deny ;) Caleb: Do you want me to beg? Do you like the idea of getting me on my knees for you? Caleb: Are you ignoring me now? Can’t we just agree to disagree about the whole throne issue and take out our frustrations over the situation on each other? I promise, I’m super frustrated over it and it will take a lot of work to make me feel any better about it... Caleb: You wanna see how frustrated I am...? I really need help working through this... The last message
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“Yeah... If I get it wrong it might take off a chunk of skin though,” she added with a nervous laugh.
“They seemed to think they were helping, but their magic was rogue and dangerous. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the deaths were caused by their attacks.”
My mind reeled as I suddenly realised he was on time. And not just on time. Goddamn early.
“Dragons.” Orion looked up. “I think you and your sister might be Dragons. Though a kind thought to be extinct.”
The long extinct Ismenian Dragon was once a powerful Order. As the largest of the Dragon Orders, its fire was three times the strength of its smaller cousins. Often darkest blue in colour, it had a forked tongue and poisonous breath which could kill a Fae up to fifty feet away.
“What?” I huffed. “It's really stupid that you keep talking to me like we didn't-” “Don't,” he growled, and I sighed, my eyes falling to the book on the desk.
“Yeah, maybe you'd like to try out that fire again, huh?” “That almost sounds like fun,” I teased. “Yes, well I can be fun sometimes. Especially when I'm not wearing this suit.” I stared at him, and his eyes widened as he realised what he'd said. “I meant when I'm not working,” he said quickly.
Okay now we're in the middle of a field alone. How is this better exactly?
“You said no physical contact,” I whispered as his muscles hardened, keeping me caged beneath him. I was losing my mind. I should have tried to fight him off, but I didn’t want him to go anywhere. And from the intense look he was giving me, I could tell how close he was to crossing this line again himself. “What if I’m having second thoughts?” he growled.
“You’re fickle,” I pointed out. “And confusing.” “I don’t mean to be.” He dipped his head, so his mouth was by my ear and goosebumps rose to meet the heat of his breath. “I can't think straight around you,” he said heavily, his hand clawing into the earth beside my head. “I could have lost you in that battle, or I could have died without ever knowing how this might have played out…”
“I owe you my life,” he breathed and my heart nearly detonated as he pressed his lips to my cheek. “Thank you.”
My Atlas pinged and I took it out of my bag, my soul fraying as I found a private message waiting for me from Orion. Lance: What if I don't want it to stop?
If there was a way to break this bond I had to Darcy Vega, I had to know what it was. Since I’d made her my Omega, the thought of hurting her was unbearable. I hadn't even thought I meant it. I'd just gone to her room that day to remind of her place. But I was hardwired to protect my own. And now I'd claimed her for my pack, the longer I put off initiating her, the more I’d be driven to insanity.
I cut off her hair. I broke her fucking heart. I can't bear it.
Werewolf fleas were a plague. Their bites set off a searing itch that dug deep under the skin. So after this treatment, I hoped things could go back to normal. Because being alone at night was starting to break me.
“And Frank says you've made Darcy Vega an Omega,” she hissed, her dark blue eyes narrowing on me with rage. “She's not even a Wolf.”
Alice yanked her hand free from my grip. “We love you, Alpha. But you need to get rid of her. We won't follow you again until you do.”
It wasn't that simple to get rid of Darcy. I'd already claimed her as one of my own. That meant I had to protect her. And banishment only happened when an Alpha was challenged. If she fought me and I won, I could dismiss her from the pack. But the challenge had to come from her; I couldn't control that part. And a quiet, resilient piece of my heart didn’t want her to either. I liked the idea of being her Alpha a little too much. Shit, I am so screwed.
I'd maybe once or twice told her she was my girlfriend because well, it had felt that way at the time. But now...the only girl I craved was Darcy Vega. Which was an impossible dream. She'd never touch me after what I did to her. Unless I made things up to her somehow...
“That would be one way to keep her in line, huh Caleb? Surely you don't mind if I claim your plaything. You're only passing time with her anyway, right?” “Right,” Caleb ground out, his shoulders becoming rigid, and I glanced at him, knowing that wasn't true.
Caleb didn't do exclusive very often, but it seemed like he was trying to do it with Tory. Which meant he actually gave a shit about her. And with my emotions all knotted up over Darcy, I sensed we were both about to cause a real issue when it came to keeping them both under heel.
“We remind this school who the real monarchs are,” Max said keenly. “It's time we put the Vegas back in their box.”
How am I going to put Darcy in her place when my body is telling me to protect her? And how is Caleb going to beat down Tory when he's clearly catching feelings for her?
“So is the Professor late or something?” Darcy asked, looking around. “There are no Dragon Professors at the Academy,” Darius said. “So I run these sessions as I’m the biggest and most powerful Dragon here.” “Could you try to take your head out of your ass the next time you say that?” I asked and Angelica bit down on her lip to stop herself from laughing.
“And I think you know full well how big I am after straddling me during the Nymph fight.”
“Do you wanna fuck Darius?” he asked quickly, catching me off guard.
When I finally drew back, I found myself alone beside the pool. I looked around in confusion, but Max was gone.
Max: Now we’re even, little Vega. Let’s get back to being enemies.
“Don’t worry about her, you know as well as I do those two have been hooking up. She’s gonna be more than fine.”
“That email is for your eyes only. I’m desperate here, that’s why I’m doing this. It will show you how serious I am about this. I don’t want to hurt you. But if you refuse to meet me tonight, it will only be another day or two before I lose control.”
“That message is ammo against me. I’m trusting you not to use it. But if I fuck with you tonight in any way, you’ve got it as a back-up, okay babe?”
He moved in a flash, pressing his lips to my forehead before darting away into class.
Lance: I guess you’re about to go back to radio silence so for what it’s worth… In Solaria blue means royal. And to me, blue means you.
Fuck it’s like someone picked apart my deepest desires and brought every fantasy I’ve ever had to life.
Why did it have to be her? Why did I have to lust after one of the only people in the whole of Solaria who I could never have? I knew I was going to have to marry a Dragon Shifter one day but that didn’t stop me from having other women. But this one would never be mine in any way. She hated me more viscerally than I thought anyone else ever had. And I couldn’t even blame her. I’d hate me too if I was her. What we’d done to her, what I’d done... It was necessary but I still didn’t like it.
I was supposed to be working with the other Heirs to get rid of them and instead here I was protecting her...
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“Fuck, Roxy, I can’t sleep next to you while you’re dressed like that,” I said, rolling her away from me more forcefully. She blinked up at me in confusion for a moment before pushing herself upright and looking down at her undressed state. “Oh, sorry,” she mumbled before pulling off the unbuttoned shirt and throwing it to the floor. “Better?” My mouth dried up and a growl escaped me as the Dragon writhed beneath my skin.
Why did I have to drink so much? Why did he have to be the one to find me? Why did he have to look so damn good in the mornings with his hair all mussed up and his shirt off...
“This is sexual education for Fae,” Orion announced, and I sank lower, wishing I could use my air magic to turn myself into a breeze and slip out the window. Of all the professors to teach this, why did it have to be him?
“Take your sex toys and get out of my classroom.”
The fruit pinged off of my desk as air exploded from my palm and it smacked right into the centre of the board, bursting into a cascade of orange pulp. “Woops,” I breathed while Tory fell apart beside me. “Oh my god, Darcy, do not try that on yourself,” she laughed.
Caleb drew back and looked into my eyes for a moment, a smile pulling at his lips as he slowly lowered down onto his knees before me.
“Someone could see us,” I said hesitantly. “Don’t worry, sweetheart,” Caleb replied. “I promise to stop if I hear someone coming...aside from you of course.” I couldn’t help but laugh
Fuck, his mouth was a sin all of its own, his tongue a wicked device honed for the most beautiful torture.
Caleb drove his tongue inside me then dragged it to my clit before grazing that sensitive skin with the sharp points of his fangs. I gasped, but he didn’t bite me, his tongue lapping and flicking instead as he fucked me with his mouth, and I forgot all about us being out in public.
