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I followed the line of her arm to see two girls who had dressed themselves up as the Vegas. They were both wearing dresses that looked like they would have been at home in The Savage King’s court and had towering crowns on their heads. They’d added sashes to their costumes with the names Gwendalina and Roxanya scrawled over them and were putting on a good show of drawing attention to themselves. “Doesn’t that piss you off?” I asked Roxy in surprise, turning to look down at her. “Oh, lighten up, Darius. If you can’t laugh at yourself from time to time then you’re going to end up spending a lot
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“I’m covered in glitter,” she pointed out like I might not be able to see the fact that her whole body was covered in the shimmering silver substance. “I noticed,” I replied. “Well, I’m gonna go wash it off,” she announced. “Sure. We’ll be back at the dorms soon and then you can have a shower.”
As far as I knew, Roxy hadn’t come here since the night Max and I had trapped her beneath the water and my gut twisted uncomfortably as the scent of chlorine awoke memories of that night in me.
Yeah imagine how shes feeling then
“Or maybe you’ve come to finish what you started last time?” Roxy asked, her mind clearly following the same trail as mine. “If you’re worried about that then why did you come here?” I asked.
“When was the last time you ever did something just for the hell of it?” she asked me teasingly as she started walking backwards, drawing me after her as she headed towards the diving boards. “What do you mean?” I asked. “Like, when did you last do something pointless, with no ulterior motives?” “I’m hanging out with you now,” I pointed out. She scoffed lightly. “Oh, so you’ve got zero agenda with me, have you? That’d be a first.”
I was supposed to be getting rid of her, but the idea of that tore me in two at the same time as me knowing it was necessary.
Maybe once it was done, I’d be able to move on from this, forget about her. But as she leaned back to lay on the diving board and the white dress she was wearing rode up, revealing the bronze skin of her thighs and another glimpse of her underwear, I knew that was an empty hope.
Im confused about how theyre sitting next to eachother but she can lie down on the board? Its not meant to be that wide
“And how’s your lovely fiancé?” she asked, a smirk playing around her mouth as she changed the subject. “Fuck knows,” I replied on a growl. “Father keeps mentioning getting her to transfer here from her academy so that we can get to know each other better. I heard him saying he expects us to get married the year after I graduate…” The horror of that idea haunted me most nights before I slept.
“Why don’t you just run away?” she teased. “Is your precious throne so important to you that you’d trade your happiness for it?”
“Shall we go back to our dorms?” I asked, forcing myself to look away from her to the pool which was now filled with so much glitter that I wasn’t even sure how the hell anyone would clean it out. I imagined there would be a very angry janitor in here tomorrow.
I took her hand and she looked at me in surprise as I tugged her towards the edge. She only hesitated for a moment before letting me guide her closer to the drop and I smiled as I caught her around her waist, hoisting her into my arms. She shrieked but it wasn’t in fear, her voice lined with laughter as I held her close and leapt off of the diving board. Roxy cried out, her arms winding around my neck as we fell, but before we could hit the water, I flexed my fingers, forcing it to fall under my command. A column of water flicked up like a whip, winding around us and shifting us over the pool
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“You’re so fucking smug,” she mocked but her tone was teasing. “I can’t help it if you’re impressed by me,” I replied, and she rolled her eyes. “I’m not impressed by that. If you want to impress me, you’ll have to do something better than that.” “Like what?”
“I don’t have my dorm key,” she announced as we made it back out into the cold air outside. “Sofia has it…” “So come and stay with me,” I replied instantly, wanting her close despite all the reasons that I shouldn’t.
I couldn’t help but wonder just how drunk she must be to be spending time with me like this. And if I was being totally honest, I was pretty sure she must have been close to wasted. Because Roxy Vega wouldn’t give me the time of day if she was sober and right now, she was looking at me like I was the only person in the world.
“I dunno,” she said slowly. “There’s a lot of stairs to climb to get all the way up to your fancy ass room. Maybe I’ll just curl up on the floor outside mine and wait for Sofia to show up.”
riding on a Dragon was practically against the law. Especially if you asked my father. He could banish me from the Dragon’s guild if he found out. I could hear him now; Dragons are not pack horses. But I didn’t give a shit. I’d break that rule for her. Hell, I was beginning to wonder if I wouldn’t break a few more for her too.
“What are you waiting for then, Dragon boy?” she teased. “You’d better take your pants off.”
“Are you literally gonna stand there and stare at me while I get naked?” I asked. “Like you did when you burned all my clothes off of me on my first day?” she countered, arching a brow at me.
“If you could bring my clothes I’d appreciate it,” I said slowly, and she nodded seriously like I’d just tasked her with something really important. “Could you get in trouble for doing this?” she breathed. “Why do you sound concerned about that?” I teased. “I’m pretty sure trouble’s what turns you on.” Roxy laughed and my heart leapt at the sound of me making her happy.
She looked so small and delicate standing beneath me as I towered over her as the king of beasts, but there wasn’t any fear in her gaze as she moved closer. Only excitement.
My skin tingled as she clambered on, a trickle of adrenaline entering my limbs at the knowledge of defying my father like this and with a Vega of all people. He’d probably be having a mini heart attack right about now if he sensed it.
“I will admit, I did enjoy perusing the photographs included with that piece too. Particularly the one of you running on the beach with the other Heirs – oh she has a point there, I saw that and you did look hot,” Roxy commented, making my heart lurch in a strange way. But she continued as if there was nothing at all odd about her admitting she found me attractive.
“I must be fucking insane to be alone with you like this,” she breathed. “You’ll probably just go right back to making my life hell tomorrow.” I frowned at that comment even though it almost seemed like she was joking. “And you’ll go right back to hating me,” I replied. “I haven’t stopped.”
Darius: I don’t think this is the right way to deal with things after all. Don’t send those videos. Seth: Right. Just the small issue of the fact that I already did it about an hour ago. And they just sent me the link to the story on their website… Fuck! I snarled, tossing my useless Atlas away from me like it was personally responsible for that story making it out to the press already. Like I hadn’t just fucked everything up again. Like I always fucking did.
She reached out sleepily, taking my hand in hers and pulling me down to join her. And I let her. Because I was weak and selfish. And because I knew this had been my last chance to prove to her that I could be more than just the asshole who made her miserable and I’d fucked it up. It felt like this had been a test and I’d failed before I’d even begun.
