Page 86 of Afflicted

Fuck.

I hold out a hand, then bring a finger to my lips. “It’s OK,” I whisper urgently. “Nothing happened. She’s alright. I thought she was sick.”

“Sick?” Gina hisses.

“I’m fine.” Juliet pushes herself up onto her elbows as I climb off the bed. “I promise. He didn’t hurt me.”

The person in the next bed begins to stir, and I quickly pull the sheet back over Juliet.

“What the fuck is happening?” Gina asks, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed.

“Nothing, nothing,” Juliet says, pushing herself up into a sitting position. “It was just-”

“He pulled down your underwear!” Gina’s voice is getting louder, and someone raises their head from their pillow.

I stalk to Gina’s bed and grip her throat. Her eyes bug out as I push her back down onto her pillow. “You didn’t see a fucking thing, do you understand me?”

She’s spluttering, her lips moving but nothing but whistling breaths coming out of her.

“Nothing happened,” I snarl in her face. “You didn’t seeanything,do you understand?”

She nods, a frenzied jerking of her head as I squeeze her throat.

“Not. A fucking. Word.” I raise my eyebrows. “Now go to sleep.” I release her and she rolls away from me, clutching the sheet over her head.

I turn back to Juliet, who’s kneeling on her bed. Her head tips back to look up at me, her lips parted. I expected to see fear, resentment, shock.

But she’s gazing at me, trembling, her hands clasped between her thighs. She’s still a little breathless, and she pushes the hair from her face. And then she smiles at me.

Filth and sin. I fucking knew it. I walk to her side, reaching out to stroke her cheek.

“Get some sleep, angel.”

She leans into my touch for a brief moment before she lies back down, on her stomach again, that delicious ass on display for me. Heat claws at my throat, and I back away before anyone else wakes up and I end up threatening the entire fucking dorm.

I head back outside, inhaling the cold night air through my nose. Fuck, I wish I had a cigarette. Something, anything, to try and take the edge off the need to have her in my fucking bloodstream.

That was idiotic. That was too stupid. I threatened a human because I got caught.Nearlygot caught. Jesus fuck, what is wrong with me?

But she smelled so good. Shefeltso fucking good. She was so close, hot and slippery, that pussy screaming to be filled, just inches from me. I grit my teeth as I imagine watching my cum drip out of her.

I run a hand over my heated face, and decide that next time I’m going to pick my moment.

Next time, I’ll find a way to get her alone.

CHAPTER25

JULIET

The first signthat something weird is going on comes in the cafeteria. Someone bumps into me, making the coffee cup on my tray wobble, brown liquid dribbling over the edge. I turn towards them, muttering an apology out of habit, and I stop short when I see their face.

The man, Jeff I think his name is, looks terrified. His brown eyes are wide as he backs away from me.

“S-sorry,” he stutters, sweat visibly beading on his forehead.

“No problem, it was an accident.”

The others walk past me with their heads bent, avoiding looking at me, almost scurrying away from me. I shake my head, heading for a place near the window. When I sit down on the bench, the people nearby shuffle away from me.

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