Zodiac Academy Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham Page 0,239

her away again and she pouted sadly, her hand holding onto mine before he turned her around and marched her toward the exit.

“See you soon,” she called to me, biting her lip and Tyler dragged her out the door before I could follow.

I looked down at my rock hard dick with a sigh and moved to sit on the stairs, figuring I needed to think some unhappy thoughts to make it go away before I went back to the party.

Mildred’s hairy back, Mildred’s hairy back, Mildred’s hairy back.

I sat in the shadows with exhilaration rushing through me and realised I wasn’t even as pissed at Tyler as I should have been. Something about this challenge just felt right, natural. And I relished the idea of beating his ass and making her mine officially in front of the whole herd.

My boner was being stubborn as hell, mostly because it was impossible for me not to replay what we’d just done over and over again. I felt like one percent less of a virgin which was totally sad and yet seriously ace at the same time.

The door suddenly flung open and Athena marched through it before Hadley shot after her and caught her wrist, wheeling her around.

“What’s your problem?” she demanded, yanking her wrist free and glaring at him.

“He had his hands all over you,” Hadley snapped.

“So? What’s it got to do with you?” she asked in disbelief.

“He’s a Vampire. He’s trying to claim you as his Source,” he growled. “And I’m not having it. If you’re gonna be anyone’s Source, you’re mine.”

She narrowed her eyes at him, falling deathly quiet in that way she did when she was about to get scary and I decided remaining here in the shadows was a good plan.

“I’m no one’s Source,” she said in an even tone. “I’m not a blood bag for you to drool over. I’m supposed to be your friend.”

Hadley shifted his weight from one foot to the other, seeming agitated. “You don’t understand,” he snarled.

“Well explain it to me, Had, because you’re one second away from me cutting you off for good. I’m sick of this,” she said calmly, a deadly glint in her gaze.

“I need a taste. Just one taste, Athena. Then I can get you out of my head. Please. I’ll do whatever you want in return,” he said, sounding completely unlike himself as he begged her.

She surveyed him with her eyes narrowed. “You’ll do anything I want?” she asked with intrigue.

“Anything,” he swore, stepping closer to her like he’d already won, but she pressed a hand to his chest to hold him back, mulling over her next words.

“You’ll be my bitch for the week,” she decided with a playful smile. “You’ll do whatever I ask, carry my shit and fetch anything I fancy for me.”

Hadley fell quiet with a low growl in his throat then he lunged at her, bouncing off a tight air shield around her body. Silence thickened the air and she looked like she was about to walk away and be done with him forever. I didn’t like the thought of that. I loved the group we’d formed.

“Fine,” Hadley spat at last. “I’ll do it. But you have to let me bite you where I want, as much as I want. Right here, right now. You’re mine Athena.”

“For five minutes,” she sighed.

“Ten,” he snapped.

“Four,” she countered with a smirk.

“Five then,” he growled, pacing left to right with his hands balled at his sides. “Drop your shield.”

She looked nervous for a moment, taking a breath then flicked her fingers as she released the magic. He leapt at her, grabbing a fistful of her dark, purple-streaked hair and dragging her head to one side, driving his fangs into her throat. She gasped and he groaned like he was riding the best high of his life, holding her in his arms at his mercy.

He growled like a beast as he fed from her and her eyes fluttered closed. For a moment I thought she might be about to pass out and I almost pushed to my feet, but then she released a breathy moan that was a total game changer.

Hadley chuckled mirthlessly, clutching her closer as he pulled his fangs free of her throat then dropped his mouth to her breasts and started feeding once more. She fisted his hair as he drove her against the wall and when he was done, he dropped to his knees, throwing her leg over his shoulder and driving his fangs into