Sinful As Hell (The Demon Academy #1) - G. Bailey Page 0,39
he finishes the perfect doll and hands it to me.
"Most guys give girls flowers for gifts," I say, rubbing my thumb across the doll.
"Isn't a voodoo doll a romantic gift?" he asks, frowning. "Now you can torture and control your enemies."
"It's a lovely gift, Nikoli, thanks," I say because I know in his mind, this is a charming gift.
"I was bought up with humans, you know?" he says, grinning at me. "I know this is a weird as fuck gift in the human world. Chocolate, jewellery, or flowers would have been better."
"We aren't in the human world though," I reply. "And I really appreciate this."
"Want to come to my room after class? We could watch a movie or something?" he asks me. “I want to chill with you.” I see the look in his eyes that suggest more than chilling and roll my eyes at him.
"I have another class," I say, pulling out my schedule from my pocket. "It's familiar hunting or something."
"Oh yeah, I don't attend that class, and neither does Claus. We have a familiar, but we keep him in hell for reasons," he tells me. “We found him on our seventeenth birthday and he is a bit a brute.”
"What reasons?" I ask.
"He is too big for Earth for one, and the other is he that he sets fire to most things he touches. One day I will show you him," he tells me.
"I'd like that," I reply, knowing I’d actually like to see their familiar.
"I'm sure you will find a cool familiar soon," he tells me.
"I think I have one. I have a cat called Amethyst, and she is, well, strange," I mutter.
"Impressive. You must be stronger than you look, Alexandria," he tells me, and I almost want to correct him about using my nickname, but I like how he calls me Alexandria.
"Why are you being nice today?" I ask.
"Can't I be nice?" he muses with a smirk.
"No," I swiftly reply, and he grins, leaning into me and rests his hands on the back of my chair.
"Maybe I've decided I want you, Alexandria," he tells me, and I try not to breathe in his minty smell.
"Like a toy? I don't belong to you because of this magic mate shit, Nikoli," I warn him.
"Call me Nick, people close to me do," he tells me.
"Fine, Nick, you need to realise—" I'm cut off as his lips press onto mine for only a second, and I'm frozen still until he leans back. Before I know what I'm doing, my slaps across his face, wiping that smug expression off his lips.
"That hurt," he tells me as I push my chair back as I stand up.
"You shouldn't have kissed me. I didn't want you too," I say and he catches my arm, tugging me down to his level, so I have to meet his eyes. I hear the teacher say it’s the end of class in the background and the whispers of everyone that are no doubt looking at us.
"You're playing a dangerous game, Lex. I'm starting to see you as a challenge, and I never back down from a challenge," he warns me.
"I see playing nice didn't last all too long, Nick," I say.
"I can be nice," he purrs, his hand still gripping my arm tight enough that I can't let go. "When I get what I want."
"You'll never get what you want from me while you are playing games and being an utter dickhead," I say, pulling my hand from his and walking out the classroom, hearing his laugh following me out.
"Why are you carrying me away from the apartment full of food?" Amethyst asks as I walk through the corridor, passing dozens of people who do their best to stare at Amethyst and me. It's like they've never seen a girl holding a cat tightly to her chest, so she doesn't escape as she walks to class or something. Sera looks back at me, a slightly amused smile flickering at me as Amethyst continues to struggle to escape my grip. Even though it’s her day off, Sera explained the clouds are too thick here to see the full moon, and the teachers came around to suggest all wolves go back to work. We go outside and around the side of the academy before we get to a field where a man is standing with three other students around him.
"Good luck," Sera whispers to me before going to stand with the other three wolves by the wall.
"I'm going to get