Zodiac Academy Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham Page 0,19

dick then maybe you should sleep in your own bed sometime.” I arched a brow at him and he cocked his head, giving me the puppy dog eyes.

“But you need me,” he said.

“I don’t need you, Seth,” I laughed but he gave me a serious look.

“You talk in your sleep these days, you know? You’re all ‘help me Sethy, come hug my cute ass. Oh ravish me, Sethy, ravish me!’”

“Yeah, right.” I moved to my closet, taking out my uniform and sighing as I ran my fingers over the crest on the blazer. My throat closed up as I thought of Tory. She should be here. I don’t want to do this without her.

The ache in me over her loss was like a knife twisting in my gut. I never felt whole anymore. Without her, I was half a girl. We were meant to be together. It was how it had always been and always should be.

“See,” Seth said darkly. “Whenever your mind drifts it’s onto her, or him. That’s who you really talk about in your sleep.”

“We don’t talk about him,” I muttered.

“I know, but…that doesn’t mean you’re okay.”

“I’m fine,” I growled. “It’s done, I’m over it.”

“Pfft,” he scoffed and I rounded on him as fire prickled along my veins.

“Oooh you’re getting the flamey eyes.” He chuckled, getting out of bed and casually dropping the pillow before tugging his boxers on. “You must be really thinking about him today.”

“Stop it,” I snarled, but he was right. I’d dreamed of him again, holding me, kissing me, not betraying me. You know, all the good stuff. Shame he had to ruin it.

“Darcy,” he said gently. “You know you can talk to me about him, you don’t have to bottle it up.”

I shook my head, the wound over Orion begging to split open in me again, but fuck that.

“How about I tell you a secret in exchange for one of yours?” he offered enticingly and I frowned, gesturing for him to turn around so I could get dressed. He did so and I figured what the hell, that offer was too intriguing to ignore.

“Go on then, tell me,” I said.

“Swear you’ll tell me yours after,” he said firmly.

“Fine,” I agreed. “Now go on.”

“You can’t tell anyone,” he said in a growl and I became even more intrigued.

“I swear it on the stars and all that jazz.”

“I might have to actually make you swear it on them in a minute,” he said in a low tone.

“Sure.” I pulled on my underwear before running a hand through my damp hair to dry it with air magic.

“Okay so…I have this crush. It’s a really secret crush.”

“God you’re gonna start talking about the moon again aren’t you?” I said in exasperation. Ever since he’d visited the damn moon over the summer, he wouldn’t shut up about it. Like he was some sort of moon wizard now. I mean yeah, it had been cool to hear about it when he’d first gotten back, but four weeks on and the shine had kind of worn off of his moon stories.

He chuckled. “No, but that reminds me of when I was on the moon and I stuck my dick in a moon hole. I have literally fucked the moon.”

“I know,” I said exaggeratedly, laughing as I tugged on my skirt. “And you have literally told me every detail.”

“Right yeah, well anyways, it’s not about my moon crush. It’s another crush.”

“Okay…” I waited as I pulled on my shirt, but he didn’t go on. “Seth?”

“It’s kind of a big deal.”

“Every crush you have is a big deal, you had a crush on a cookie the other day and didn’t eat it for like eight hours.”

“The chocolate chips were arranged into the shape of a dick!” he defended himself and I snorted. “Anyway, this isn’t like that.”

“What is it like?” I pressed, pulling on my blazer before grabbing some knee high socks and sitting on the edge of the bed to roll them on. Seth glanced over his shoulder at me then turned around fully when he realised I was dressed.

“It’s like…a crush on my friend,” he said coyly and I swear if he’d been a Wolf right then his ears would be flattened to his head all cute like.

“Oh yeah?” I frowned.

“Yeah… Caleb to be exact,” he said shyly and my lips popped open.

“No way,” I gasped.

“Way,” he said with a lopsided smile. “I mean, I always thought he was hot but lately, I dunno…” he ran a hand through