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“You wanna know the best bit?” Seth breathed. “You’ve told us way too fucking much about all of it already,” Max said. “No, I held back on the best bit,” Seth insisted.
Hes gonna say what he did to darcy and orion is gonna be so mad
Caleb: Hey, sweetheart. Do you wanna hang out tonight? X I watched as the red ticks illuminated to let me know she’d read the message. She was probably trying to think up the perfect thing to say back to me. Agonising over it, debating it with her friends and trying to figure out how best to keep me- Tory: No. For fuck’s sake. Not even a fucking kiss.
“She plays hard to get,” I muttered then instantly wondered why I was making excuses to him. He only smirked at me, shrugging his shoulders like he gave zero shits. We both knew he gave shits, but whatever.
“Alright! I’ll tell you!” Seth gushed like we’d all been desperately waiting for him to finish his story. “I made Maurice sit outside. In the fucking naughty corner! All night!” We all started laughing just as a flash of movement caught the corner of my eye. A pineapple hit Seth square in the face and knocked him flying off of his seat with a curse.
Omg haha. He def deserved that
“Detention, Capella!” Orion barked. “You were warned.” “What the thuck! You bwoke my nothe you thucking thycopaff!” Seth shouted as he got to his feet, blood running freely down his face.
We all shook our heads, and he tussled Darius’s hair before heading away, somehow locating the pineapple as he went and swinging it in his grip while it dripped blood to the floor.
I pushed a hand into my hair, glancing at Darius. He was the harshest of us at times, but he was also the most level-headed. He wasn’t afraid to change his mind if he had good reason to. And he wouldn’t be swayed by the pressure of the group once his decision was made.
Even Seth knew there was no point trying to push Darius into a decision when he wasn’t ready to make one. He was stubborn as fuck and about the worst thing you could do if you wanted him to make a choice was back him into a corner over it. He’d just bite your head off, beat the shit out of you and still refuse to answer anyway.
“What’s going on with you and the Ass Queen?” Darius asked as Max continued to stare at Grus. “Nothing,” Max ground out. “Yet.” “Seriously?” I asked. “You’ve got a thing for our biggest critic?” “Says the guy screwing the girl who might steal our throne,” he tossed back.
“You just like the idea of Grus,” Seth chipped in. “Because she’s an impossible challenge. You know she’d sooner cut her own tits off than let you in her panties.”
“I don’t want another girl,” Max said simply, his gaze on Geraldine as Orion moved to talk to her. “What the fuck is happening to us?” Seth groaned, swiping a hand over his face. “First you two are fighting over a Vega – a Vega who doesn’t seem to want either of you half the time might I add. And now you’re chasing the president of the fucking Ass Club, Max! I don’t even recognise you guys right now.” “Weren’t you all obsessed with Gwen the last time I checked?” Darius asked him. “No. Well, not obsessed. It was a Wolf thing. She’s not my Omega anymore so that’s gone now…” “Tory does want me,”
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“I assume you intend to try and force lusty desires onto me, Maxy boy, but I’m really not interested in reacquainting myself with your wandering dongle so why don’t you trot along?” she suggested, and I snorted a laugh. That girl was weird and kinda annoying with all her royalist bullshit, but she was funny as fuck too. I just wasn’t sure if it was intentional or not.
“Fine. If you insist on philandering instead of educating yourself then I will make use of your bothersome presence. Feel free to exert your oh so impressive powers over me.”
“Fucking hell,” Darius complained. “If she doesn’t jump on him in the next five seconds, I’m pretty sure the rest of the class will.” Geraldine slowly lifted her hand, and I watched in amusement, expecting her to start caressing Max’s thigh which was planted several inches in front of her on her desk. Instead, she curled her fingers, turning her hand back towards her as she inspected her nails, casual as fuck. “I think I just fell in love with Geraldine Grus,” I joked as Max’s forehead furrowed with concentration. Someone threw their panties at him, and another girl started unbuttoning her
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“Come on, Grus, I know you had a fantastic time the night of the Eclipse. I promise round two will be even better…” “I’m afraid there won’t be a round two,” Geraldine replied dismissively, looking towards the front of the class like he wasn’t breathing right in her ear. “Lady Petunia had her taste of forbidden fruit, but I’ll be guiding her towards safer pastures in the future.” “Who the hell is Lady Petunia?” Max asked. “Now, Rigel!” Orion snapped.
“Is that the end of that nonsense then?” Seth asked as Max slumped down in his chair. “No chance,” he replied, his gaze still locked on Geraldine. “It’s just the beginning.”
“A thousand auras says she ends up kicking his ass to make him leave her alone,” I said. “A thousand says she’ll change her mind and be dropping her panties within the week,” Seth said, shaking his head. “She won’t resist him for long.” “Pfft,” Darius shook his head. “A thousand says she’ll break his heart without even trying.”
“Sure,” Darius said. “Let me know how that pans out for you though. Because thinking a girl feels something and knowing it are two different things. They’re a fucking enigma wrapped up in a secret, cloaked in a damn layer of confusing as fuck. So if you figure out the key to them then feel free to share with the group.”
“I think your problem with girls, or more specifically, girl,” Seth joked. “Isn’t that she’s an enigma or any such thing. It’s got more to do with you being an asshole.”
“Nice job, Seth. Sometimes I think you’ve got the emotional compassion of a teaspoon,” he said. “I happen to like teaspoons,” Seth replied with a shrug.
“No,” Max replied. “Something’s been off with him since the Lunar Eclipse. I can’t get a read on what exactly, but he’s been…darker. Like something’s haunting him. I dunno. He’s doing a good job at keeping me out of his head, but I catch the odd taste of something strange on him.”
“Why are the three of you hanging around like a bad smell?” Orion called without bothering to look up at us.
“I’m guessing that Caleb hasn’t made you familiar with The Vampire Code?” he asked, eyeing me like he was judge, jury and executioner all rolled into one.
“If I never set eyes on Darius Acrux again in my life it will be too fucking soon. I hate him for what he helped his father do to us. You should know that better than anyone as you were there too. Or am I supposed to pretend I don’t remember that, sir?”
“Won’t you just talk to Darius? Perhaps then you-” “I’d sooner gouge my own eyes out with a rusty spoon.
“There are rules in the Code which dictate the way a Vampire must behave but there are also recommendations which, while not being an outright law, we are highly encouraged to follow. One of those being that we do not indulge in the hunt.” “Why?” I asked, not really caring but wanting to distract myself from Darius fucking Acrux. “Because what might seem like a game to you, is actually tapping into the most primal instincts of our kind. You are placing yourself in the position of prey. And the more Caleb lets his instincts guide him and his blood pump with the thrill of the chase, the closer
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“My comments are not on who he is but what he is, and I know full well what the call of blood as powerful as yours can do to a man.”
She shouldve paid attention to that little comment
“Just be careful, Miss Vega. And don’t expect any help from me again when you need somewhere to hide.” “So why did you help me this time?” “I thought you were your sister-” he cut himself off like he shouldn’t have said that, and I raised an eyebrow at him. “Playing favourites with your own Source?” I accused. “Good to know.” “Well if you would be kind enough not to cover your hair with a hat in future, we won’t have this trouble.” “Thanks for the tip. I’ve just been dying for fashion advice from a teacher,” I said, rolling my eyes as I stepped out into the corridor.
Caleb threw a second giant fireball at the curving golden wall of the building and that metallic crash sounded again, echoing through the floor at my feet. He cursed loudly then shot away using his Vampire speed. “Do you still think he can handle your game?”
“Less of the ‘old’ I’m only eight years older than you.” “Yeah, so when you were my age, I was ten,” I pointed out. “So you’re like half my age again. Hence, old.” Orion frowned like he didn’t really like me pointing that out, but why would he give a shit? “What? Were you hoping we might become besties and start braiding each other’s hair?” I teased. “I already have a bestie,” he mocked back. “Yeah. You have bad taste in friends.”
Ooo wait thats a pretty big age gap
“Well, I’ve been drinking myself into a coma every night since Lionel forced the shadows on me just so that I can sleep without nightmares so…” Orion’s gaze narrowed on me, and I realised I’d let my mouth run away with me there.
Girl what the hell. Tmi
“Thanks,” I said dismissively. The shadows could have me before I’d go begging for help at Darius’s door. “But Mr Tequila is helping me just fine.”
“What the hell?” I demanded as he stood before me, tucking his giant black wings against his back. “I did call out, but no one ever looks up,” he said with a shrug.
“That’s not helpful,” I pointed out. “That’s like saying ‘here’s a sandwich, this will go one of two ways, you’ll eat it, or you won’t’ and that’s not a real prediction. Those were the only two options there ever were anyway.” “Not true. Maybe I’d smash it in your face and let mayonnaise run riot through your hair. I’ve been known to do that in the past.” I rolled my eyes, smiling despite myself.
So what if it covered up my hair? It wasn’t my job to make it easy for grumpy professors to tell me and Darcy apart.
Shit no dont do that. This better not be foreshadowing to getting them mixed up
“It’s open,” Darius called back because entitled douchebags didn’t bother themselves with things like opening doors.
I smiled sweetly, offering him the same bullshit show I used to put on for my foster parents when they would question me on where I’d snuck off to all night.
Her bad girl vibe is irritating me a lil bit
“You don’t need to look at me like I’m a serial killer,” he deadpanned, walking across the room to his bed.
“But I guess you wouldn’t know what it was like to go two days without food, watch your sister shiver herself to sleep under a threadbare blanket and have to go out and get some money in any way you could just to make sure you didn’t starve.” Darius frowned in response to that. “I didn’t mean…sorry. You’re right, I haven’t got a clue what it’s like to have to do something like that. Or to have to live like that. I shouldn’t judge you for what you did to survive.” I raised an eyebrow at him. “I didn’t realise that word was even in your vocabulary.” “Maybe you would have if you didn’t ignore me
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“What is it you think I’m going to do to you?” he asked, hurt flickering in his eyes as he released my hand. “You’re impervious to fire magic, I can’t even use Dragon Fire against you. I’m hardly going to hit you or hurt you in some other way. I just want to talk to you before you run off and start ignoring me again.” “Oh, I don’t know,” I replied sarcastically. “We’re in a bathroom after all, maybe you’re going to try and drown me again? Or choke me? Or maybe you just want to try and draw me closer to you again just so that it will hurt even more the next time you push me in the mud or call
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The shadows sprung to life within me without any need for further prompting. Darkness fell over my vision, and I glared through it at Darius as his eyes widened with surprise. I inhaled deeply as the euphoric call of the shadows sang to my soul and drew on more of them to protect myself.
Power slid beneath my skin and Darius gasped in surprise as the shadows fed on his magic and gifted it to me. The heat of his fire burned beneath my skin, and I moaned as it lit me up from the inside out. It was like the purest taste of sin. I was consuming that which placed him above me, feeding on the very thing he wielded to hurt me. “Roxy,” Darius breathed, his hand cupping my cheek as he captured my gaze with his. “Fight it.”
“I do care about you,”
“Do you have something to say to me or not?” I demanded. “No,” he growled. “Just skip off back to his bed like a good little blood donor.”
“You really want us to go right on back to hating each other?” he called through the wood. “Like nothing happened on the night of the Eclipse? Like nothing changed?” “Nothing did change,” I snarled. “I hated you then and I still hate you now!”
I sank down onto my bed, shaking all over though I refused to acknowledge it. Tears slid down my cheeks, but I ignored them too. Because I didn’t care about Darius Acrux. And he certainly didn’t mean enough to me to make me cry.
But then a memory found me of someone whose flesh matched my own, whose soul was built of the same essence as mine. Then another presence, a man with endless eyes who held me close and begged me not to go. And whoever they were drew me back a step, because there wasn’t a realm in this universe where I could go without them at my side.
I recalled the voice of the girl who’d tried to summon me to her. She’d asked for help. Was she some poor lost soul who’d stepped into the void and never come back?
Clara
“Max Rigel happened!” she huffed. “That bloated beluga whale needs to get the hint. He’s swangling his way into my life at every turn these days. He laid siege to the entire bagel pile!”
“Certainly. But not before he sent my skirt shooting up over my head with a jet of water. Gravy granules, does he have no shame at all? I had to teach him a lesson of course to try and drive the message home.”
