Compounding Traumas (Artemis University #6) - Erin R Flynn Page 0,70

evil goal,” he panted. “Once I finally fuck you with all of it, that will be my goal.”

I simply moaned. He wasn’t even fully inside me yet? He really had a monster. Right, he hadn’t hit my cervix yet. I mentally winced. “Yeah, I appreciate that, considering how vigorous you are.”

He kissed my shoulder. “Even losing my head, my bear and I would never hurt you like that. I know you’ve not had sex over the summer.” He nuzzled my neck. “Does that upgrade me from ‘okay’ yet?”

“I think I got upgraded from earth-shattering. You seemed to really like what I did there.”

He groaned. Deeply. “I did. I seriously did, kitten. It felt so fucking real.”

“Be good and I might do it again.”

“I’m so fucking addicted to you.”

Just to prove that, he carefully tended to me with a wet towel to clean me up, and then took care of me with his tongue so I was completely and fully sated. Wow.

And wow because he had a talented tongue.

He went to lunch first so we weren’t seen walking in together and people wouldn’t speculate what we didn’t want them to. Plus, it took me a few minutes to really make my body work. It also tickled me that it left me with a Pop-Tarts haul. Well, that would thrill Izzy for sure. She loved sugary crap food.

Then again, who didn’t?

I loaded my tray, knowing I’d be going back for seconds, and joined Izzy who was sitting with Mel… Both of whom were giving me mocking looks. It took me two bites of my sandwich to figure it out, my cheeks flushing lava hot. “You came to the room.”

“Yeah, I bounced off the door and practically gave myself a concussion when I slammed into it since I could unlock the door, and it sort of opened, but your magic kept me out,” she drawled. There was so much sarcasm in her tone, I was shocked it wasn’t dripping all over her tray.

“I actually had to catch her so she didn’t land in the hallway on her ass,” Mel admitted before they burst out laughing.

Oh good, something else to never live down. I actually said that when they started to calm down, and they laughed all over again. Awesome.

We could always use more laughs, right?

15

Our mirth died fast when Holly walked by with her friends. I honestly didn’t realize I had reacted or moved, but luckily Mel’s reflexes as a dragon were faster than mine, and she caught my arm.

Holly snorted and nodded to my fisted hands and how Mel had stopped me. “That’s why you don’t belong here and are garbage. You’re more wild animal than person.”

“Funny, I think you’re more dangerous animal than person too.”

She stiffened and narrowed her eyes at me. “You’re furious and ready to use violence against me because someone challenged you and tried to give out your precious address when—”

“I could give a flying fuck about my address, you stupid twat,” I sneered, shocking everyone around us besides Mel and Izzy. “I’m seconds from pounding in your face for how you handled the situation to save yourself, and every woman with any sense should feel the same. You went to your sexist and demeaning council and played the simpering little girl, brushing off your crime as girl drama.

“You won your case and set us all back, while the rest of us are fighting for progress and to end the ridiculous amount of sexism in this world, well beyond what the humans put up with. This isn’t about me being violent, but you being so selfish. Every woman should get a free shot at you playing into this bullshit as an ‘elite,’ that the councils can now point to a woman as siding with them.

“So how does it feel to be part of the problem, Holly? How does it feel to be culpable? When the next vampire is raped, and they chastise her, demean her as no longer being pure and dismiss her—how will it feel to know you bear responsibility for that?” I nodded when her eyes went wide. “You played into their beliefs women are nothing compared to men, hormonal, and not equal.”

“You contributed to the problem and stacked the deck against the next woman who stands before them,” Mel added. “You’re now the reason they will rule how they will, even after others like Tamsin have been pushing back and fighting to show they’re sexist. Was it worth it? Was it worth your selfish need