Page 69 of Her Rabid Beasts

I thought you said I could ask for whatever I wanted.

I never said it would be for free.

Asshole.

Yup

It needs to have a pink glitter case

You’re taking advantage of me.

Am I though?

I want to renegotiate

Alright, what do you want?

I want you in my bed on weekends

But you sleep in a room with the other two

Scythe and Xander, yes. They won’t care if we make love

Make love? Something flutters in my stomach, but I turn it away and take out clothes that will hide a phone.

What do you know about Titus?

Stay away from him regina

Why?

I don’t get a reply.

But at least I’ll have a way for Minnie to contact me or even Stacey if something bad happens.

It still feels odd that Savage has finally outed me as his regina, but none of the other students make a comment. For fear of him, certainly. It still spikes my adrenaline, though, anytime it comes up, especially in class, where Lyle feels the need to probe everyone about their thoughts.

Savage and I have to work together, so I swap chairs with Xander. We’re filling out an exercise sheet on our expectations from each other, which meansI’mfilling it out while Savage smiles at me and offers helpful titbits.

“Write down that I expect you to spread your legs and take my tongue every morning and every night.”

Sabrina sniggers from the other table. I give him a warning look.

“And write down that I expect you to never give any of my presents away--don’t raise your brow at me, it turns me on.”

But I’m thinking of my pink handbag, still safe in my chest of drawers. “Well, same goes for me,” I mutter.

“I have it in a glass jar.”

“What?”

“The wrapper from the chocolate you gave me.”

Something in my gut uncoils at his words.

“You still have it?” I murmur in disbelief. He took my gifts after all.

Carefully, he takes my left hand and kisses the back of it. “Of course.”

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