“In that case, you are welcome to check,” I said, opening the door for them to come in. I thought I saw a flicker of surprise in Prinsca’s eyes at the invitation to come inside but I could have imagined it as it did not last very long. I watched as brother and sister eagerly entered my room while Simeon stayed back and observed with bored eyes. Simeon did not seem too happy about the search; rather, he looked like he had been rendered powerless against the siblings in my room. The two did not just search my room, they trashed it. They brought out every single cloth I owned in the place and went through every one of them. They searched in my fireplace but found nothing, went through my drawer and my wardrobe. Thirty minutes later, they had ransacked my room and they had come up with nothing. Looking desperate, Prinsca had turned to me and said, “we have to search your body too.” “Excuse me?” I was surprised at the sheer audacity. “We found nothing in your room so it must be on your
I flashed a smile on my face, careful not to allow my emotions to cloud my face. It was important that Jeremy remained in the dark about his paternity. It was not a discussion I was ready to have with him. Besides, Simeon was doing a good enough job of being a father to Jeremy. I shut the book close and with a smile I said, “I wonder what's in here that you keep from me.” I saw Jeremy watching me closely, trying to decipher if I had opened the book and I was just pretending or if I really was in the dark about what was inside the book. “There's nothing in there,” he said, drawing closer to me to retrieve his book. He took it out of my hand and said his thanks before running away from my sight. “What the hell was that?” I asked my wolf. Why had he felt the need to hide that from me? What did he know already that he felt like a sketch of Damien in his notebook would upset me? Had Damien told him something about me? Was that why he had been distant of late? You should ask him. So h
Olivia's POV I could sense his fear and I was not sure how to comfort him or how to advise him. I did know that I had to keep this quiet, what he had told us had to remain between us. “You can't tell anyone about this,” I told him. He nodded, understanding that the wrong person finding out about this could lead him to his grave sooner than it should be. “Do you have the needle?” he asked me in a much lower tone. “What would you do with it?” I asked him, tactfully ignoring his question. “I think I must…” but just then we were interrupted by Damien peeping into the classroom. For a full minute I froze and he did too. He looked just as surprised as I am to see me. What was he doing here? He turned to leave but I was not going to let him do so at least not that fast anyway. Hastily, I walked out of the class and ran after Damien in the corridor. Eventually, I caught up with him and blocked his path, stopping him from going any further. “What are you doing here?” I demanded, my h
I dropped it carefully on my drawer, searching for an airtight bag to place it inside. I still had no idea what I would do with it but I had to keep it. I could not throw it away lest it fall into the wrong hands. A knock on the door saw me panicking. I used a cloth to hide the presence of the needle atop my drawer then I turned went to the door to check who it was. “Prinsca?” I was surprised to see Reuben's sister standing in front of my door. In all the time I had known her, she had never knocked on my door for anything. “We have to talk,” her voice sounded angry, I guessed this was about Simeon refusing to acknowledge her efforts at the ball. It was a confrontation that I was not prepared to have given the fact that I had a poisonous needle to keep away. “Talk? What is this about?” I asked, stepping out of my room while shutting the door behind me. She looked annoyed that I had not allowed her inside but she said nothing. “It's about Simeon,” she stated, looking at me as thoug
Simeon's POV It was a race between time and desire. We had to finish this before the music ended because just right after that, I had a speech to go. All kinds of things went through my mind as I struggled to find a release; I was under a lot of pressure so it was taking longer than it usually did not to add the fact that I was trying to maximise this time. I told myself it would be the last and I was hopeful that it would. Just as the music came to an end, we both shuddered in an orgasm. “That was epic,” Prinsca said, as she collapsed in my arms. “Sure,” I said, almost regretting that I had promised this would be the last time. “You're going to thank me in your speech, aren't you?” Prinsca asked in a soft voice as she kissed my neck. I pulled her away and pulled my breeches up. Right now, my immediate focus was on not getting caught, not about the speech I was clearly not ready to give. “Simeon?” “No, Prinsca, I cannot…” “I helped plan this ball, it wouldn't have been a succe
Simeon's POV “What do you want?” I demanded from Prinsca the very second we were out of hearing distance from Olivia. I did not like that she was ruining my attempt to reconcile with Olivia. I had made her laugh for the first time in a very long time and my heart had filled up with warmth. I had forgotten just how ethereal she looked when she laughed, even the sound of her laugh could be likened to a magical tune. “Let's go outside,” Prinsca said, her tone filled with a seductive lore. I stopped walking, forcing her to stop also. “You can tell me what you want right here and right now, I am not going anywhere with you,” I insisted. I knew that this was all a ploy for her to seduce me and I was not going to fall for it this time. I wanted to repair my relationship with Olivia and continuing to sleep with Prinsca was not going to help. Already, I had stopped being intimate with Olivia altogether as I was always too ridden with guilt when I was in her presence. “Really? Perhaps, I s