Shadow Princess (Zodiac Academy, #4)

by Caroline Peckham

as I knew, the two of them hadn’t actually discussed this so frankly before. Darius stilled, his eyes dropping to his hands as he considered his answer. “I think she’s hot, but she annoys the fuck out of me too,” he said dismissively but I didn’t miss the tension in his posture. “Besides, even if she didn’t and even if I hadn’t done all of the shit I’ve done to her and she didn’t hate me about as much as it was physically possible to hate a man, what can I offer her?” “Don’t tell me you’ve got an inferiority complex,” I teased, aiming to keep the subject as light-hearted as possible while exerting my gifts and spreading a sense of calm and friendship between us just in case. They would feel my influence touching them, but I always took a lack of complaint as permission to use my gifts when it came to the other Heirs. Darius smirked, giving Cal an exaggeratedly assessing look. “Well, I can’t really compete with that little boy lost thing he’s got going on,” he said. “And if she’s all for blonde-haired, blue-eyed boys then there’s not a lot I can do about it.” “Yeah, who the hell would want all of those muscles and the darkness and the tattoos...”