MasukKIRRIANI don’t need to look at her to know she’s staring at me. I can feel hee stare burning into me like a blazing furnace while I explain to her the history of the celestial wolves. I doubt she’s even hearing what I am saying. “You done drooling?” I tease, the words slipping out of my mouth before I can think better of it. She startles, her cheeks turning a pretty shade of pink. “You like what you see?”She scoffs, her expression going from surprise to disgust. “Please! Don’t get ahead of yourself. I’ve seen lots of men hotter than you.” I drop the book and cock an eyebrow. “Have you?” I hum, moving around the table to stand beside her chair. She gets up abruptly and backs away. But she can’t get far since she hits the bookshelf. “Repeat what you said sweetheart?” She swallows and tries her best to glare at me. Fuck ne if it doesn’t make her even more beautiful. “I do not find you attractive, Kirrian. I have seen men ten times hotter than you.” My gaze rakes over her body and s
LYSARA “Who were you talking to?" I turn around abruptly, startled by the sound of Jessica's voice in the night silence. She's dressed in her sleepwear – a pair of red pajamas – and is staring at me as though I just performed a miracle. " I was in Helen's room when I spotted you leaving the dormitory,” she continues speaking. " What are you doing here and who were you talking to?” I shake my head. “No one. And even if I was actually talking to someone, that is not really any business of yours, is it?" “You've been acting weird lately, you know that?" She folds her arms beneath her breasts and stares down at me with eyes full of contempt and disgust. It doesn't help that she's a few inches taller than me. “First the incident with Emory, then Kareal claiming you are his mate and now, you're talking to invisible people in the middle of the night." “I wasn't talking to anyone, Jessica. Your mind is playing tricks on you." I sigh and make my way to walk past her, but she grabs my han
LYSARA Kaeren is an asshole! Well you already know that so it's not like I'm telling you something new. But what is new is the fact that my body was reacting to his touches, aching for what exactly, I really don't know. He's been my biggest nightmare ever since I stepped into Arcadia Academy. If Jessica was my villain, he is the devil who encouraged her. He didn't sit idle like Kareal or just tease me like Kirrian, no! He made it his life's mission to make my stay at Arcadia memorable in all the worst ways. It's not like I didn't retaliate, trust me I did. But that incident only seemed to make him more determined to make my life miserable. That being said, there's no way my body should be acting the way it just did during our lesson. But somehow somehow, I wanted him to touch me where it really mattered, where it ached the most. I grab my pillow, press it against my face and scream my life's frustration into it. “See, I knew those boys aren't good for your health,” Asher muses
KAEREN “Arthur!” Aunt Betty scolds. " That was an accident!"“An accident that cost me my mate!" I let out a wry laugh, not believing he still dares label my mother his mate after what he did. “Like you ever loved her. Like you didn't leave her in bed crying while you fucked everything that had a pussy. Like you cared when she was battling a fatal illness. Cut the act father, it doesn't suit you.” Crack! His fist collides with my left cheek and pain instantly flares throughout my body. I wipe the blood on the side of my cheek, not even surprised. “Of course,! That's the best thing you can do, hit me." “I should not have listened to Ava," he growls. “I should have killed you after that incident with Jenine. You are a monster who doesn't deserve to live." I ball my fists and inhale a deep breath, trying to satiate the beast threatening to take over me. " And you are the ideal father, aren't you? Well, since you hate me so much, do me a favor and stop having Kareal bother me about
KAEREN I can feel the way her pulse races beneath her skin and the way her blood races in her veins. Her eyes round when I mention breaking her and something in me shifts. I push her off me and rise to my feet letting out a chuckle. “Your heart is racing a little too quickly for someone who claims to hate me." She rises to her feet and glares at me so hard it is a miracle I don't catch fire. “You are an asshole!" “Thought you figured that out already." I run a hand through my hair and shove the other in my pocket to avoid reaching out to her. " Lesson's over, Pyro. Take your shit and leave.” " With pleasure!” She moves to the veranda and grabs her back before storming off. I walk into the house and head straight for the bar where Holden keeps his whiskies, and bring out one of the strongest brands. I open it and chug a good quantity down my throat, not bothering with a glass. I close my eyes, tilt my head back and revel in the burning sensation of raw whisky which
LYSARA “So let me get this straight," Asher says as we make our way out of the lecture hall. “You are to begin training with your powers today?" “Yup." I reply popping the “P" “And your teachers are going to be the Ashcroft brothers? Your supposed mates?" “Yup, again." I stop and turn around , coming face to face with him. “Why are you asking me this all over? I thought I already explained everything to you last night?” He folds his arms and scoffs. " I'm your best friend young lady. I have a right to worry about you. Especially when you are going to start spending too much time than it's actually necessary with the three people I absolutely do not trust.” I sigh and give him a reassuring smile, hoping that'll calm his nerves. “I know that and I do not trust them any more than you do. But desperate times call for desperate measures." “Very well then. Be careful around them. Love ya!" He pulls me into a hug then runs off. I turn on my phone to check the time. It's already two mi







