Page 129 of Devious Knight

A chorus of birds sings louder as I walk by the stream. I’m reminded of last night, although these aren’t crows. I pause for a moment, closing my eyes to listen more closely.

Be bad with me.

I hear Kade’s voice loud in my head, as if he’s standing right next to me.

I certainly was bad with him. We were wild and reckless. From devouring each other at the art studio and his bed to skinny-dipping in the secret out-of-bounds spring, then heading back to his bed.

If last night was my last on Earth, I’d say I truly lived.

I open my eyes and continue down the path. I’m going to cut across the gardens and head to Myrridin.

I’m meeting my father at nine, so I want to lay down my timetable for the rest of the week before I see him.

We’ll be out all day, then I’ll have that Valkyrie Auction party to go to with Mackenzie. I still don’t really want to go, but I will because I promised Mackenzie.

Besides, with the way things are looking, it’s perhaps best I go out for one last hurrah. It might be the last party I attend for a very, very long time.

I head out of the woods and down by the cottages where the groundsmen live.

When my eyes land on Parker stepping threw the doors of the cottage at the far end, I freeze.

Shit. He is absolutely the last person I want to run into now.

He’s wearing a tank top and joggers. A towel is slinked over his shoulders, and his hair is damp like he’s been working out.

He looks nothing like a lord chancellor. But maybe that’s because I’m used to seeing someone older. Like Chancellor Potalov.

I miss him so much. I’m glad I appreciated him. I would have felt worse now that I’m in the clutches of this vampire if I hadn’t.

I hang back and hide behind the nearest tree, watching to see where he’s going and hoping it’s not the same route I wanted to take.

To my surprise, he holds the door open, and Lana DaCosta walks out. My eyes bulge when I see what’s she’s wearing.

She’s got on a camisole pajama top with her breasts practically hanging out and silky panty-short bottoms.

Parker caresses her waist and leans in like he’s going to kiss her but stops a breath away from her lips and smiles.

What is this supposed to be?

What is this supposed to mean?

My lips part and my throat goes dry as I try to process what I’m seeing.

Lana is a freshman. I’ve seen her hanging around Kade in the past. She’s known for spreading her legs.

Given how she’s dressed, I’d say she looks like she was doing just that. But with Parker? The new lord chancellor?

It’s just past seven in the morning. What reason would anyone have to see the lord chancellor at this hour of the day, dressed like that, and in the private cottages?

When Parker slips his finger into her shorts and pulls her flush against his chest, I don’t think I’m wrong to assume what my eyes are telling me.

That they’re having an affair.

And I’m the only person who's seen them.

Chapter Thirty

Kade

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