Ruthless Fae (Zodiac Academy, #2)

by Caroline Peckham

Everyone knows, karma’s a bitch. And today her name was Tory Vega.

“Stop looking at me like that,” he snarled, and I fought the urge to recoil from his terrifying tone. “Like what?” “You know what,” he snapped. “I'm your teacher.” “I know,” I balked, horrified at what he was suggesting. That he could somehow read how much I wanted him. “Do you?” he stepped closer. I nodded firmly, though I wasn't sure my body was getting the message because I had the urge to wrap myself around him and kiss him goodbye. It was absolutely crazy. But him running off after a Nymph made me dread the idea that he wouldn't come back. “Then stop looking at me like that.” Embarrassment poured through me like a tsunami, but I fought it away, elbowing aside my shame. Because how dare he accuse me of being inappropriate? He'd had his hands all over me the other day and he'd shouted at me for that too. I was so done with his bullshit. So I stepped closer too, looking him square in the eye as my hands began to shake with rage. “Then stop looking back, Lance.”

“I want you to know, I believe you would have gotten this back yourself when you were ready. But I took a lot of pleasure in retrieving it for you all the same.”

added. “Are you saying you want to try for your claim after all?” Seth asked, his tone laced with surprise. “It’s not our claim,” I countered darkly. “It’s our birthright,” Darcy