Zodiac Academy Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham Page 0,267

know something I’ve only told the Heirs?”

“Always.” I placed my book down, looking to him curiously.

He glanced up at me with a slanted grin. “They’re my real pack. The ones I count on over anyone else. The ones I’m there for before anyone among my Wolves. I know it’s fucked up, and I do love my pack. But they’re not family. The Heirs are. And so are you now. Your sister is too…though I don’t think she likes me that much.”

“Well you keep bringing her snacks and then stealing them back.”

“That’s a game we’re both taking part in,” he said defensively. “When I was on the moon the other Fae used to hide all the best snacks for me to sniff out and steal. They loved it.”

“That kinda sounds like you just stole their food.”

“Trust me. They loved it. Tory does too,” he insisted.

“Err, no. Tory is like a bear when it comes to food. She doesn’t share often and she definitely doesn’t like it being stolen from her,” I said and he just scoffed.

“She loves it,” he insisted even though I knew for a fact he was wrong. “But aside from that, she still doesn’t seem to wanna snuggle with me much, so there must be something else holding her back.”

“Well, you peed on her that time,” I pointed out. “People don’t just get over being peed on.”

“Yeah…” he said, a soft Wolfy whimper escaping him and I took pity on him as I went on.

“She doesn’t hate you anymore. She just needs to get to know you better,” I said and he chuckled in a low tone.

“Maybe I need to work on that,” he replied, shoving my Astrology book aside so he could curl up against me better, yawning like a tired pup.

I’d never had a pet dog, but I imagined it was kinda like this. Which was totally weird, but there was something about him lying on me or the way he did with the Heirs that just seemed natural. It was the way of his kind and he had such a soothing aura when he wasn’t being an asshole. Which these days tended to be pretty often. At least to those in his inner circle. I’d never really imagined there could be this much good in the guy I’d once hated with all my heart.

“So, are we ever gonna talk about what happened between you and Orion in that tomb?” he asked out of the blue and my heart jolted.

“What?” I blurted, heat rushing up to my cheeks. “Nothing happened.” Great, that sounded really convincing.

“Pfft, you came outta there looking guilty and confused as fuck. I know something happened,” he insisted. “I just assumed you might bring it up eventually, but apparently you still don’t trust me.”

I groaned, rubbing my eyes. “It doesn’t matter, it didn’t mean anything.”

He gasped, sitting upright and knocking my hand away from my face. “Holy fuck, I didn’t think anything actually happened, I was just testing you! Tell me everything.”

“You asshole.” I punched his arm and he laughed, grabbing my wrist and grinning like a maniac. I sighed dramatically, giving in as I tugged my arm out of his grip. “Fine. It was just one stupid kiss that’s all.” Tory was the only one I’d confided in about it and the only one I normally would. So this was a stretch for me.

His eyes lit up like I’d just told him Christmas was coming early and I frowned in confusion.

“Why do you look so damn happy about it?” I asked.

“It’s just exciting,” he said with a shrug, but I wasn’t buying it.

“Seth,” I warned and he sighed, dropping down to sit beside me and rest his head against mine.

“Fine, I want you two to get back together. Is that a crime?”

I wheeled on him, surprised that he was echoing what my sister had said. “You what?”

He shrugged innocently. “You’re fucking made for each other, and come on, it’s been months since he was gone and you’re not over him. Not even one percent over him,” he implored and I hated him calling me out like that. It put me on the defensive and I spluttered a non response while he just gave me a patient look that said he was waiting for me to admit it. Goddammit he was annoying sometimes.

“Even if I wasn’t over him, which I am, I could never be with him after what he did,” I said, but even as I said it, I knew it wasn’t