Page 26 of Monster's Mystery

“It’s such a turn-on to watch a guy reading,” I murmured, one hand rubbing his forearm. “Wanna go get it on in a closet?”

Aiden had jumped when I first touched him, telling me how engrossed he had been in his book. Now he was smiling at me, a touch of fire in his eyes. “You aren’t going to want a dinky little closet, my Siobhan. You’re going to want to be comfortable while I feast on you.” His nostrils flared and his eyes darkened. “You weren’t lying about being turned on.”

“I don’t lie,” I said with a pout.

“You didn’t exaggerate either.” He bent over me, his nose burying itself in my neck as he inhaled. “You smell incredible. I’m not sure I can stomach food now.”

I laughed. “Come on, I want to hear about what Bruce found out.”

“Then why did you suggest closet sex?” Aiden growled. “One of these days, I’m going to take you up on one of your propositions and then you’re going to miss class because I’m going to be buried knot-deep inside your tight little pussy.”

I gasped, instantly getting wetter at his words, and clutched at his arm.

He chuckled darkly. “Not so cocky now, are you? Let’s go meet with Bruce. I’ve got some bad news, I’m afraid.”

“No Geoffrey in the staff area?” I asked, sighing heavily as we got into line for food.

“I thought we were supposed to wait until we could tell Bruce, too,” Aiden teased.

“A yes or no answer would suffice,” I replied, sticking my tongue out at him.

“No.”

“Was that a ‘no, Geoffrey wasn’t in the staff area’, or a ‘no, I’m not going to tell you’,” I asked.

“I thought it was a ‘simple yes or no answer’,” Aiden said, playfully tapping my nose.

“I hate you.”

“No, you really don’t.”

We made our way to our usual table to find Bruce sitting with another boy.

“Hello,” I said, sitting down with Aiden beside me. I introduced myself. “And you are?”

“I’m Justin,” the new boy said. “Bruce said you might have some questions for me? I’m afraid I don’t really have answers, though.”

My eyes widened. “Justin, as in the roommate of Geoffrey and Richard? Justin who went missing?”

He nodded to both questions.

“Where were you? Did you see Hazel?” I asked, leaning forward in my eagerness to hear his answer.

Justin shook his head again. “I have no idea. As far as I’m concerned, classes are supposed to start this morning, except now it’s dinnertime and I have no idea where I was all day. The teachers have already questioned me, even using the strongest truth serum they could make, and I couldn’t give them anything other than that.”

“Wow.” I sat back. “That was not at all what I expected.” I frowned. “That’s so strange that you’re back so soon after being missing. Why isn’t Hazel back yet, then? This makes no sense.”

Aiden bumped my shoulder with his. “This is actually along the same lines as what I was going to tell you. Geoffrey wasn’t in the staff rooms, but they were questioning Brian, Una’s stitch witch classmate. He was also one of the missing students this morning. There were a couple others waiting their turn, but I didn’t recognize them. They were from lower years.”

“What about... Oh, what were their names?” I searched my memory.

“Lincoln,” Bruce supplied. “The healer trainee.”

“Right.” I snapped my fingers. “And Paul, the investigator. Rhiannon told us about him. He’s not back either?”

Aiden shook his head. “They weren’t in the staff room. That doesn’t mean they weren’t finished already. I didn’t see Justin, for example.”

I turned to Justin. “Didyousee them when you were getting tested?”

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