Sinful As Hell (The Demon Academy #1) - G. Bailey Page 0,62
that is tempting, Lexi," he darkly warns.
"Are you saying I am?" I joke, but something about his eyes make me think this is more serious than I thought.
"Very," he remarks, leaning closer. "Demons like you make it easy for me to understand why an angel fell to hell for the love of a demon."
"You know your history," I point out.
"Lexi—" he is cut off as the door opens, and I jump away from him as Sera walks in, quickly shutting the door.
"Javier, you need to get moving. They are talking about adding extra security to the academy for whatever is happening. I don't think it will be safe for you to come back," she explains.
"I'm not leaving you alone here, Sera," he protests.
"She isn't alone, Javier. I will protect her with my life, I promise. Is there a way to connect you through social media or something?" I suggest.
"The pack has no signal, but I can sneak out to a local town and use a computer there. Sera, you can email me on Lexi's laptop. Okay?" he says, walking to the kitchen and finding a notepad on the side with a pen. He jolts down something before hugging Sera and walking right up to me. I'm surprised when he pulls me into a hug, holding me close to him, and I realise how nice it is to be hugged by him. God, I'm not stupid to enough to not realise I’m falling for Sera's brother. Even though he will soon be mated and I won't see him again.
Even though he is impossible to have as mine.
My stupid heart doesn’t care about that though.
"Keep yourself and Sera safe. If you need anything, I'm one email away. Even if means running away, I'm here for you," he tells me.
"You need to go," I remind him.
"I know," he tells me, closing his eyes for a second and stepping back. Sera comes to my side as Javier shifts into his wolf, ripping his clothes to pieces and I lock eyes with the big gray wolf in front of me. I step forward, but Sera grabs my arm.
"Don't," she warns me, but I shake her off.
"It's just Javier," I tell her as I walk up to the wolf and fall to my knees, so our eyes are at the same level. The wolf surprises me by bowing his head down, and I gently place my hand on his head, running my fingers through the thick, silky-soft brown hair. In seconds, Javier's wolf hits my arm with his paw, cutting me as I jump back.
"Lexi!" Sera falls to my side as I watch Javier's wolf run to the window and sneak out of the panel before disappearing into the cliffs.
"Why would he hurt me?" I ask as Sera pulls up my sleeve.
"You don't understand," Sera tells me, her voice serious and almost frightening, so unlike my friend. "His wolf just marked you as his. If anyone sees this, both you and Javier are dead."
"What?" I splutter, moving my eyes to the three scratch marks on my wrist. What the fuck just happened?
Chapter 25
Gifts of an unusual kind
"You're mad at me," Claus suggests, his sexy voice makes me shiver like it always does. But I don’t want to speak to him right now. I just want to pretend he isn’t here.
"Duh," I mutter at Claus, ignoring him as he stares at me. I carry on reading the book about Hellers and the millions of rules of their jobs that they have. Mr. Johan pretty much dropped the books on our tables before disappearing like all the rest of the teachers have this week. I don't know what is going on, no one does, but all the teachers are spooked. Every room smells of fresh paint, polish, and there isn't a dust bunny in sight.
"I did something for you," he tells me. “It’s a gift.”
"Murder some kittens? Puppies?" I sarcastically suggest, and he narrows his eyes at me as I turn to face him. "I don't want your kind of gifts, Claus. They are not nice."
"This one is," he tells me. "Don't you want to know?"
"Nope," I reply.
"Lexi," he warns.
"Claus?" I reply.
"You are so stubborn. Please let me tell you," he asks with a groan. Oh, I do like annoying him.
"Fine, what is it?" I ask, giving in.
"I made Nick release all of the hex guys we had. We won't be doing any more ceremonies because we know you don't like them," he tells me, and I’m actually