Page 199 of Caelum

“It would fit,” she agreed softly then nuzzled back into me. “Yikes, I don’t want to get up.” She let out a huge yawn. “But I have class.”

“That’s why I’m here. Eren couldn’t find you and didn’t feel like hunting you down in Frazer’s room.” I raised an arm to look at my watch. “You’re probably going to want to skip breakfast if you don’t want to be late for class.”

She huffed. “Some alarm clock you are.”

When she scampered over us, her ass was right in my face. Totally biteable.

It surprised me when she didn’t attempt to cover up, made no move to squeak or get shy. I didn’t say anything, though, just enjoyed the show, but when she turned back to wink at me before she headed into Frazer’s connecting bath, I stared at her in astonishment.

“She’s been like that since last night,” he murmured.

“Why?”

“I told you, the Succubus came out to party?—”

“But you were training her Sin Eater.”

“I know. Trust me, it came as much of a surprise to me as it is to you.”

“What happened?” I asked.

“We were fucking, and she drew on the Sin Eater. Wouldn’t stop until I was in ‘no Ghoul should fuck with me’ mode.” My mouth gaped at that. “She taunted, no, enticed it into being then focused it on herself. Her souls just merged into one big light.” He shrugged. “That’s pretty much all I remember. I don’t even have a memory of us falling into bed.”

“We need to talk with the others.”

He blew out a breath. “Not much tosay.”

I blinked at him, knew he was right, and nodded. “Fuck.”

That pretty much said it all.

Eight hours later, my unease hadn’t dispersed any. A part of me wanted Eve to draw out my Hell Hound, wanted the damn thing over with, and yet another part was trying to figure out what the fuck was happening. Of course, that was futile. Whateverwashappening was working to some higher order than my puny brain was capable of processing, and I knew that but kept on trying to understand it anyway.

As I picked at my meal, I watched Eve and knew the others were watching her too. Everyone knew about last night, but even if Frazer hadn’t said a word, it would have been obvious.

Before, Eve had been awkward. Timid. Shy, even.

Now? She was sultry. Sinuous. A true female creature who knew her worth, as well as her power.

It was, I wasn’t ashamed to admit, hot as hell.

As she ate, she pulled the tines between her teeth in a way that sucked in her cheeks. An innocent move, to be sure. But added to the way she’d stare us in the eye at the same time? Not so innocent.

Throw in the faint wriggles in her seat, the shit she was doing with her fingers as she practically gave her water glass a hand job, yeah, a different Eve was definitely in the building.

“Did that taste weird to anyone else?” Frazer asked as he reached for his water and swallowed some. Most people drank water with their meals, mostly because there were limited options. Juice was one of them, but it had to be pure, freshly squeezed, and the canteen staff wasn’t about to squeeze oranges for five hundred people.

“Maybe your senses are sharper after last night,” Eren pointed out as he slid a fry through some homemade tomato relish.

Jeez, just watching him do that made me want to get up and grab an extra portion.

The day had felt long, hellishly long, and I’d slammed my guts out in the gym, trying to burn through this edgy feeling worming its way through me like a stomach virus.

Nice imagery, right?

Frazer grunted but pulled a face as he pushed his plate away from him. I watched, surprised to see he hadn’t eaten everything. He was quieter too.

I cut Dre a look, saw that he was pensive as well.

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