Savage Fae (Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac, #2)

by Caroline Peckham

“Only if you plan on putting out,” he called back. “Otherwise I’ve got another offer from a Captain who said he’ll put his hook up my ass.” I burst out laughing and Elise smiled her amusement as she glanced between us.

Dante sat down with his wolves and I took my Atlas out, snapping a photo of him while he wasn’t looking. I uploaded it to FaeBook while Elise glanced over my shoulder and started giggling.

“How the fuck do you get away with this shit?” she asked. “He’d kill anyone else who tried it.” “Same reason you get away with winding him up.” I glanced at her with a se...

I loved making my little monster happy.

“He’s going to destroy you at Pitball practise later,” she warned. “Naah.” I took a bite out of my toast. “He’s over it.”

but someone took me out from the side and I hit the ground so hard something cracked. “Dante!” I roared, swinging my fist for his sparkly head. He laughed, shoving my face down in the dirt as the pain in my side immobilised me. “You’re out, Night!”

Girl was a natural and looked shit hot in those tiny sports shorts.

If we beat Sunrise Academy in the next game, we’d be facing Zodiac Academy in the finals.

He could brand a burn mark on my whistle at long last. I could die a happy man then. Hashtag bucket list complete.

Dante pinning Elise to the ground. It didn’t piss me off for once though, something about the sight of them like that sparked a purr deep in my chest.

I shook off the feeling, figuring I was losing my mind. But then again…they sure did look hot together.

Ryder Draconis was nothing if not a creature of habit. Eat, sleep, work out, repeat. A little threatening and general assholishness thrown in for kicks and giggles but essentially that was it.

Ryder was in the gym, lifting weights until he half busted a gut.

Because in that moment, my attention was really fixed on the window about ten feet in front of me which I just so happened to know led into Ryder’s room.

Ryder had made it pretty damn clear he didn’t think much of me these days anyway so I was hoping he wouldn’t have any reason to suspect me.

But what could he really do to me anyway? Would he kill me for breaking into his precious space? Probably not.

I inhaled sharply as I spotted the assortment of chains and whips there, my mind instantly thinking I’d just come across some kind of torture kit until I spotted what was undoubtedly a ball gag and a spanking paddle.

My heart thumped with a different kind of fear as I realised this was meant for a very specific kind of pain. The kind that some people enjoyed. The kind that Ryder clearly enjoyed.

as Ryder’s neat handwriting from sitting beside him in class for the last few weeks.

“Boo!” Bryce shouted, his hands slamming into my chest as he appeared in front of me outside the window in a flash of Vampire speed.

A hand wrapped around my neck just as Ryder drove me against the wall. The air was forced from my lungs and I gasped as I looked up into the cold green eyes of the King of the Lunar Brotherhood himself.

“Isn’t it obvious?” I spat back because apparently I had a death wish.

“I wanted to find evidence that you’re the one creating and dealing Killblaze.” Ryder scoffed like that made zero fucking sense to him. “And why the hell would you think that? I don’t allow addicts in my gang.”

Ryder barked a laugh and abruptly dropped his hold on me. “If I wanted to kill you Elise, I’d look you in the eyes while doing it and use something far more painful than Killblaze to finish the job,” he promised.

I raised my chin, watching him closely as he stepped away from me.

I can’t even get drunk let alone high.

“On the shelf behind you is about every potion ingredient you can imagine. Mix up whatever you like and I’ll drink it. I won’t die, won’t even feel the slightest bit unwell, and I’ll tell you what’s in it to prove my point.”

Ryder smirked at me. “Are you worried you’ll kill me, baby, or more concerned you won’t?”

my grip tightening on his arm as if I expected him to collapse at any moment. He swallowed the lot and smiled darkly at me.

Ryder leaned forward slowly, his voice low as he spoke in my ear, listing off each and every thing I’d put in that cup.

juice…and rotwood,” he added last. “Because a little fucked up bit of you wanted to hurt me, didn’t it?”

“Yes,” I admitted on a breath, turning my gaze to meet his. “You deserved it.” “Oh I deserve much worse than that,” he assured me. “But does that satisfy your questions? Do you believe me now?”

I liked to think I’d be able to take him though.

“You know what I think?” I said slowly, trailing my gaze over him. “I think you’re jealous.” “Of course I am,” he replied darkly. “Ryder’s blood calls to me just like it does you. Any Vampire would want him as a Source.”

So cry me a river Bryce, because I don’t give a shit.”

Pop music filled the air but I refused the dances offered to me by other girls, sitting at the heart of a large nest of blankets as I watched my friends and family thronging before me.

Vieni da me, carina.

I wasn’t the type of guy who pined for a girl; I was the type who had girls pining for him.

and got up, the sound of howls hitting my ears as the wolves noticed me rising.

letting their movements guide mine as I fell into a tipsy dance and tilted my head up to face the moon.

Electricity crackled along my skin as I lost myself to the music and started to enjoy myself at last. Static built around me and the wolves brushed their fingers over my body to draw my energy into themselves.

“It wasn’t funny.” Cindy scowled and Tabitha nudged me with a smirk. “It was a bit funny, right Alpha?” “It was like one percent funny,” I said with a slanted grin.

a black crop top which showed off a stomach I seriously wanted to lick.

Arriving at my party which I’d invited her to. To-fucking-gether. It felt like a punch to the gut.

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“Belissima,” I breathed and her eyes widened. “You look beautiful.”

She nodded, her eyes still locked with mine as he released her and walked away.

The crowd had formed a circle around us and I was kind of pissed, wishing they hadn’t so we’d be pressed together by their bodies.

If they were together now, I had to do the right thing and let my friend have her. Even though that would feel as good as driving a rusty nail into my balls.