Zodiac Academy Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham Page 0,108

Bass: She’s Mildredful. If Darius Acrux has to marry her then I’ll never forgive the stars…

Alexandra Lanoville: This little piggy went wee wee weeee in her panties when Darius dive bombed her! #sendthatpiggytomarket

Stacey Braum: Old Macdonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O, and on that farm he had a Mildred E-I-E-I-O – with a moustache here and a big wart there, here a hair, there hair, everywhere a bear hair. #E-I-E-I-Ho

Jessica Glosson: She so ugly, when her Momma dropped her off at Zodiac she got a fine for littering

Jodie Fleming: Mildred takes so many Faeroids she’ll probably be the one impregnating Darius on their wedding night #peenqueen #dragonatrix

A snort of laughter escaped me and I frowned as I tried to figure out why, but my Atlas started ringing before I could give it too much consideration.

I pursed my lips as I saw Clara's name illuminated on the screen but answered all the same. She was never far from my king so there was always the chance that I might hear his voice in the background of the call, even if he hadn't wanted to speak to me directly.

"Yes?" I asked, keeping my pace up as I moved deeper into the woods.

"Daddy has a message for you," Clara sing-songed. "We're going to stay in the city for the week."

"Why?" I growled, my gut lurching at the idea of him being even further away from me.

"You always have so many questions," she huffed. "Nosey, nosey. I have half a mind to ask Daddy to let me punish you again the next time you're home with us."

My jaw clenched as I remembered the way Clara had made me suffer whenever I failed on her instructions with the shadows, but I didn't back down. It may have been agonising to allow her to force them so deep inside of me, but that was also exactly why my hold over them was so strong. Besides, the punishments always put my king in a good mood, so if I had to suffer to please him then I would.

"I just need to know where he is," I ground out. "You know the way the bond makes me ache when I'm not close."

Clara huffed out a breath, but this was the one thing that we could always see eye to eye on, so she finally gave me what I needed. "He's got some information on a network of Tiberian Rats who have been trying to flee the Nebular Taskforce rather than face the inquisition. We're going hunting." The glee in her voice was unmistakeable and I sighed with relief.

"Okay," I agreed. "But you'll be back at the palace when I return on Friday?"

"Maybe," she taunted and my grip on the Atlas tightened to the point of almost breaking it.

"Clara!" Lionel barked in the background and my heart soared at the sound of his voice even if it was rough with irritation. "We're leaving now. Have you delivered the message?"

"Can I speak with him?" I gasped.

"Sorry, Daddy doesn't want to speak with you right now," she said and I could hear the smile on her poisonous lips. "But don't worry - I'll make sure he enjoys his time away from you so much that I'm sure he won't miss you at all."

"Clara, just let me tell him I-"

The line went dead after she cackled a laugh at my expense and I shrieked in frustration as I hurled the Atlas away from me, letting the shadows blossom all around me in a thick cloud until the force of their power drove deep enough into my skin to take my fury away and left me trembling with the pleasure of their power.

I closed my eyes, moaning softly as I tipped my head back and just bathed in them for a long moment.

"Well shit, babe, if I'd realised what a turn on the shadows clearly are to you, maybe I would have understood why you love them so fucking much," Seth's voice broke through the heady fog of the dark power within me and my lip curled back as I looked to the right of the path where he was standing between the trees butt naked and holding a leaf over his cock which didn't even come close to hiding it. "Made you look," he taunted but before I could reply, a crash of raw power slammed into the shield at my back and I cursed as I was knocked to my knees, barely managing to keep my shield intact.

I twisted to look over