The Reckoning (Zodiac Academy, #3)
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My gaze narrowed on it. Why hadn’t he just healed it away? Did he even know it was there? When had she given him that? Was it last night when she went to him? Had they even slept at all? Were they literally in the middle of it when we were trying to call him? Had she had her mouth on his neck just a few moments ago?
Isela
Omg hes jealous ✨
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Marguerite’s chant had died away and one glance that way showed me the Heirs were on their feet. Darius’s hands were raised, but he dropped them the second I met his eyes.
Isela
Wait????👀
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Geraldine’s side of the crowd went crazy, but as I looked to the Heirs, I saw something in their eyes I never thought I’d seen in them before. Fear. Darius’s gaze shifted between us, and laughter built in my throat. If we really were impervious to fire, he couldn’t use it against us. And as a Dragon Shifter, that had to suck.
Isela
Oh shit slay girls✨
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“I don’t have time for pleasantries, Max,” Dad said quickly, and I didn’t miss the excited tone to his voice. “The FIB have just apprehended a Nymph - a live Nymph!”
Isela
Damn how did they do that😂 Like didn’t they say it was impossible ✨
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“Agent Sky came up with the idea to cut its fingers off before cauterising the stumps. No probes! It’s completely disarmed and primed for a safe interrogation.” “That’s...wow. So, you think you’ll be able to get some answers out of it then? Locations, numbers, plots?”
Isela
This is to good to be true🤨 like why was it this easy now✨
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“What if he ends up killing her?” he snapped like I was an idiot. “The law won’t protect him from murdering a royal.”
Isela
Or maybe you just dont want him to kill your love ❤️✨
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“It won’t be the same,” Caleb growled, pulling the pillow over his face. “She’s so fucking hot. She keeps surprising me, and it makes me so hard I can’t-” “Shut the fuck up about it,” Darius snapped, pushing himself out of his seat. “Keep screwing her or don’t. I don’t wanna fucking listen to any more talk about her or her damn sister.”
Isela
Ooop hes jealous ✨ like keep repeating it but why does he act this way👀✨
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Seth bounded out of the chair and leapt on Darius like he’d just declared his undying love for him instead of offering a consolation hug. He jumped into Darius’s arms and knocked him back onto the bed where they fell on top of Cal who got dragged into the hug too.
Isela
I love seth hahaha😂✨
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Melinda laughed. “Well, you should. You’re Eclipse-conceived after all.” “Fuck! Don’t tell me that!” Caleb covered his ears and the Councillors all laughed like it was hilarious.
Isela
Haha hes traumatized 😂✨
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“Thank you,” I said. “Drinks are on me.” “I like treating you,” he said and the intensity in his gaze made me look anywhere else.
Isela
Ummm diego no she with the professor🤨✨
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“Move over.” The deep voice made my heart churn up and turn to mulch. Orion pushed Diego aside, dressed in a black shirt and jeans with a leather jacket that looked way too good on him. Behind him, was Francesca.
Isela
AHHHHH✨😂 are they making each other jealous
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“My favourite colour.” He kissed her nose. Kissed her goddamn nose while saying how much he loved the colour blue. Why did that hurt so much?
Isela
Hes making her jelous i love it✨
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Screw Orion. He’s made himself clear. He’s done. And I’m not going to let it ruin my night – even if I do go home later and cry into a pillow until I choke. That’s later’s problem. Now, I’m gonna have a damn good time.
Isela
Haha this me😂✨ I’ve never related to something so much until this😂✨
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I looked up at Diego and a flame in his eyes roared, like he did want this. And I was so unprepared that when he dipped his head and pressed his lips to mine, I just froze. Totally, utterly froze.
Isela
DIEGO NOOO😡 SHE IS TAKEN✨
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“It’s dark up here, Tory,” Caleb snarled, leaning close to my ear. “And there are monsters in the woods. You should probably run.”
Isela
I hate him😂
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Caleb’s hand moved to my face in the dark and I flinched a little at the unexpected touch. He trailed his fingers down my jaw, tipping my chin to the side slowly, exposing my neck to him. My heart was still pounding but the fear was slipping into a thrill, excitement buzzing through my veins. I was toying with a monster, and I might have actually wanted him to bite me for once. I needed it. A release to this tension coiling between us.
Isela
Girl seriously😒✨
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He grunted, tugging his fangs free, but not removing his arm where it was locked around my waist. He moved his face close to mine, his teeth bared, making real fear push into my veins. In that moment, he was a wild animal and running from him was impossible. We were stuck together for the next twenty minutes, and I knew for a fact he’d done this on purpose. He waved his hand to cast a bubble of silence around us and anger pierced my chest.
Isela
Ooooh he is lusting for her✨ AHHHHH
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“I’m trying to get Diego Polaris’s saliva off of my girl,” he growled.
Isela
AHHHHH ✨ HE JUST CALLED HER HIS GIRL🩵
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I looked away and he caught my chin, drawing me back to look him in the eye. “When I saw you leaving campus with him, I called Francesca.”
Isela
See i knew it ✨
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Slowly, I shook my head and his posture relaxed as if I’d told him the world wasn’t going to end. “But maybe we should be. Part of me doesn’t want this to be done, but you hurt me.” “You hurt me first.” His jaw locked tight, and I shook my head at him. “What I did was not on the same level.” I glanced away.
Isela
Omg this is sad😭✨
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He arched a brow at me. “Oh, please tell me you don’t have some pathetic crush on him, Darcy. That would be tragic.”
Isela
Uhhhhhh😂 well about that✨
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“No buts,” he cut me off, his eyes flashing. “I don’t just dislike him. I despise him. I wish a plague of fucking death on him. In fact, I wish he hadn’t survived the battle at the Pitball stadium.”
Isela
This latino to latino✨ eres un cabron diego deja los en paz… tu andas picao porque eres un pendejo😡
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I slapped him so hard I was as stunned as he was as I withdrew my hand.
Isela
Slay girl🩵 Defend your man😌✨
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“I thought you were different,” he said slowly. “But you’re just like your whore of a sister, pining after bastardos who treat you like dirt and who only give you a second look because you’d drop onto your knees for them any time they liked. Es patético.” He turned his back on me and walked away into the crowd, seeming to trample on my heart as he left.
Isela
Y tu eres pendejo 😡 Like your a literal piece of shit because you couldn’t ask any of the girls you like out✨ why you may ask because you don’t have any confidence and eres un pendejo😡✨ By the way I’m mad at a fictional character 😂
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Yes. For you ;) Come with me.
Isela
Ahhhh🩵
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“You smell like her,” I murmured. “Then make me smell like you,” he commanded, and I caught his lapels, dragging him down to meet my mouth.
Isela
OMG!!!!!✨ THIS MAN😭
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“About?” he inquired, reaching over, and placing his hand on my knee. Even through my pantyhose I felt the blazing heat of his skin, and my body responded with a surge of adrenaline.
Isela
Ahhh
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“By the stars, am I going to have to electrocute myself again for Tory Vega?” I laughed. “You know that numb guy wasn’t hooked up to the mains, right? Well, he wasn’t until I hooked him up myself.” “What?” he gasped. “Yep.” I squeezed his fingers.
Isela
Hahahaha😂
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“I’ll get you a whole new wardrobe if you make that noise again.” “What noise?” I panted and he pumped his fingers harder, drawing a needy moan from my lips. “That one,” he grunted, shifting his free hand between us to undo his jeans.
Isela
Ahhhhhh✨ he is so obsessed 😭
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He glanced over, breaking a smile. “Is that what I look like to you?” “Not quite.” I added angry eyebrows and fangs, turning to grin cheekily at him. He laughed and I smiled satisfactorily.
Isela
HAhahahah
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Which didn’t make sense because I was damn hilarious, and the sex was fucking mind blowing so what else did she even want?
Isela
Sure you are hahaha😂
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“You look like an extra from Grease,” Tory said, smirking at me. “You got something against being my Sandy?” I asked, unclipping my belt as I leaned over her to open her door.
Isela
Ahhhhhh✨ also Tory is to much of a bad bitch to be sandy 😌✨
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Darius looked like he was fighting hard not to add anything on the subject, and I decided against baiting him on it. If he’d wanted a shot at Tory, then I wasn’t what was standing in his way; he was the one who had made her hate him like she did. And if he had some other reason to object to what I chose to do then it was up to him to say it to me or not.
Isela
Ohhh shit
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“I just want someone to make my heart beat faster,” she said in a low voice that had me drawing closer to her as I looked into her dark eyes. “To challenge me and make me laugh and push back against my bullshit. I want to be forced out of my comfort zone and I want to feel excited, exhilarated, afraid. But not just because you’re an asshole. Because I want to feel alive.”
Isela
Oh shit✨ but also I feel you girl💙
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“Forget it. Eres una puta como tu hermana.” He turned and started walking away but I flicked my fingers at him, making the earth tremble beneath his feet so that he almost fell.
Isela
Cabron 😡✨ It’s still the same meaning but it’s so much worse in Spanish ✨
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Tory sucked in a breath in surprise, but I ignored her. “I’m pretty sure you just called my date a whore,” I growled.
Isela
Yass Caleb and Orion defending their girls. 😂 Respect women ✨😌
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Darius: I’m sure you’ll look good enough in anything you wear. Just turn up as you are.
Isela
Ahhhh😭 By the way I think the moon lives for the drama😂✨
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Darius: Send me a photo and I’ll give you an honest opinion.
Isela
What a savage ✨
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“I think I preferred the other option,” he said, moving a little closer to me.
Isela
Ahhhhh😂 the moon wants to make them horny😭
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I bit my lip against another smile. I had no real intention of going anywhere near Darius Acrux tonight. Probably. Maybe. Sixty-three percent. Dammit.
Isela
Hahaha she is so fucked😭 see what I mean that the moon want ✨drama✨
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My fingers flexed with the desire to pull my Atlas out again. I could settle on some kind of reply to send her at least. One which didn’t involve me showing up at her door like I expected...what exactly? For her to have suddenly forgotten she hates me? Or maybe to ask her who the moon was pushing her towards tonight. Because I’d known before the sun rose this morning exactly where it would be pushing me. I just couldn’t tell if she’d fall under its spell for me too.
Isela
Ahhhhh
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I hated her calling me that. And her hair needed dying again. Nothing about what she was presenting me with was working for her.
Isela
Damn call her out😂
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Roxy Vega had just walked into the room.  She looked...I didn’t even know what to make of her dressed up like a freaking prom queen, but I liked it. I wanted to pull the flowers out of her hair and get her white dress filthy in the mud.
Isela
Yesss😂
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If I got near that girl when the moon was up, then there would be no stopping me. I’d be begging on my knees for a moment of her time, and she’d probably be laughing in my fucking face.
Isela
Omg i love this✨ The moon is messy😂✨
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“You’re probably right,” he agreed. “And I’d be so fucking good at it that you’d fall in love with me before the morning.”
Isela
Slay 😌✨
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“Oh, he’d care. He just couldn’t say much about it. Besides, like I said, she’s made it clear she’s not his. It’s her choice to make.” And I want her to be mine. “And
Isela
Hihihi🩵
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“I think you have to find out. We’ve been together for an hour now and you’ve spent fifty-nine of those minutes talking about her. I can’t bear it anymore. Leave this old man to sit on the cliff and go get your girl.”
Isela
I love the bestie vibes😌✨
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She wasn’t just a girl though. Not to me. She was the one girl I shouldn’t want, the one I couldn’t have, the one I didn’t need. And yet I did. And everything in my life could be damaged so badly by that need that I’d fought it tooth and claw up until this point.
Isela
Omg this confession😭✨ like he really likes her✨
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Roxy Vega, I’m gonna make you mine.
Isela
Omg omg ahhhh this man🧎🏽‍♀️‍➡️✨
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Ever since they’d shown up, we’d faced more problems than we had in our entire lives. Now my dick couldn’t even perform. My freaking dick!
Isela
Hahaha😂 he is so funny✨