Zodiac Academy Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham Page 0,133

the spell hit me in the chest, making me rear up angrily as a buzzing energy trickled through my veins.

My tail whipped out and I bucked as the spell rippled through me and forced me to shift.

My bare feet hit the ground and I cursed as everyone in class stared at my naked ass. I met Sofia’s gaze and grabbed my junk with a groan of embarrassment and Pyro’s eyebrows nearly rocketed into her hairline.

“Oh goodness, I didn’t realise it was you, Prince A-Acrux,” she stammered. “Please don’t mention this to your father.”

My brother stalked up to her with smoke pluming from his nostrils and she backed up in alarm, sputtering apologies as he laid into her for it. Which just made the whole thing worse as anyone who hadn’t already been staring turned to see what he was yelling about and more heat rushed up my neck. I knew it was normal for everyone to get naked around campus before shifting, but I still hadn’t gotten used to it. Especially the stares. A bunch of girls started giggling behind me and I glanced over my shoulder to find them snapping photos of my ass. Oh man.

Sofia jerked her head in the direction of the changing rooms and I nodded awkwardly before running off in that direction. I hurried inside and released a breath of relief as I headed to a bench, dropped my bag onto it and changed into my skin tight fire suit. It didn’t do much to hide my dick anyway, but I guessed it was better than just standing out there butt naked.

I seriously had to start getting used to that. I just hadn’t had the chance to adjust to herd life before coming to Zodiac. Most Orders had spent time with their kind long before they headed off for magical training. And at least I didn’t have a small dick like Hubert Pluto in my herd, not that he seemed to give a shit. He’d had a twenty minute conversation with me yesterday with his hands on his hips and his little dipper blowing in the breeze. Most of the herd had their bits decorated with glitter and gemstones too and I swear the big diamond at the top of his dick was always winking at me.

I’d always averted my eyes whenever Sofia stripped down, but I’d heard her talking to one of her friends about her new vajazzle the other day and the little pink gemstones she had above her clit. All this shit was so new to me and I’d never really thought about decorating my dick before. Was that what I was expected to do? Did my cock need to be sporting a bigger diamond than Hubert’s to prove how worthy I was of my place in the herd? Mindfuck.

I dumped my bag in a locker and jogged back out to the arena where everyone had started practising their magic. Tory was working with Darcy as Pyro only paired Orders together, but since Tory was pretending to still be under my father’s influence they weren’t talking much. Darcy looked about ten times happier than she had in weeks though. It was a weight off of my heart as well. I didn’t know how Tory was going to escape him entirely, but there had to be a way now she wasn’t controlled by him completely.

“Mr Acrux, would you like to pair with Miss Cygnus, your fire magic is coming on quite well so let’s see how you do with a more advanced shape cast,” Pyro encouraged and I looked over to Sofia with a grin, nodding as I joined her. “Help Mr Acrux,” she told Sofia and I realised this was first year stuff she shouldn’t have been making her do. It pissed me off that I was getting preferential treatment. Especially if it was affecting Sofia’s work.

“You don’t have to,” I told her and she cast a silencing bubble around us, tucking a lock of short, gold hair behind her ear.

“I don’t mind,” she said brightly. “I’ve been able to turn sand into glass for a while anyway,” she said, nodding over to the other sophomores who were practising just that. “Perks of being friends with the Vegas. Their study sessions are kinda intense and I swear I learn more with them sometimes than I do with Pyro.”

“If you’re sure?” I asked. “I can’t form anything other than simple shapes and Hadley can make a fucking rhombus.” I looked over at him