Page 18 of Monster's Baby

I laughed.“You’ll get used to them.Invite them to breakfast with us.Get to know them better.I would like to meet them when they’re wearing more clothing.”

“Why?”

“Why would I like to meet them?”I asked.“Because I’m going to see a lot of them if I plan on sneaking away to your room every once in a while?”

Aiden glowered.“There’s no way we’re going to have sex where they can hear you.”

I snorted.“Because we haven’t already mastered invisibility and sound barriers.”I patted his chest.“I’m not into exhibitionism where someone canactuallysee me.We’ll take all the precautions, don’t worry.”

He nuzzled his nose against mine.“I don’t like people lusting after what’s mine.”

“Why not?”I asked coyly.“You’re the one who gets to be with me.”

A low growl built up in his chest.“I can’t explain it.”

Clarissa approached from in the hall.“I can.You’re not fully bonded yet.It’ll settle once you’ve undergone the ceremony.”

He stared at her, considering her words.“That makes sense.”

“Come on, invite them to breakfast.I’m hungry,” I urged him, giving him a light push into his room.

“And get changed?”Clarissa suggested with a chuckle.

“He doesn’t have to,” I said, looking him over slowly.His pajamas had ridden low on his hips, oblique muscles on full display.I bit my lip.

Clarissa laughed harder.“I don’t think you’re hungry for food!”

I shook my head a little to clear it.“Sure I am.”I smiled sweetly at Aiden.“See you in the mess hall.”

Aiden nodded at me and closed the door behind him.

Brom was waiting for us with the girls and Bruce, and we all headed down the stairs for breakfast.

There were more people up and about than usual.I knew that they, like the extra energy we all felt, would settle back into a regular routine soon.Breakfast was usually rather quiet until the last five minutes, when the portable foods were snatched up and eaten on the way to class.

We snagged our regular table, plates piled high with pancakes, bacon, and eggs.

“Who are Aiden’s roommates?”Una asked, leaning so far forward that her curls dragged on her plate.

“I haven’t met them yet,” I said after swallowing my bite of egg.“I did tell him to invite them to breakfast, though.The one who answered the door seemed vaguely familiar.”

“We know most of the people in our year,” Rhiannon said.“We’re bound to recognize most of the faces.”

“Yeah, I’m just more used to knowing their names as well,” I said.“I hope they take him up on the offer.”

Aiden and two guys who must’ve been his roommates entered the mess hall at that moment.I waved, and he nodded in acknowledgement before heading to get his food.

Rhiannon turned to get a quick glance, blushing slightly when she returned to her plate.

“Is everything okay?”I asked her.

She nodded quickly.“I know one of them.He’s in my advanced magical creatures class.He’s really good with the bigger animals.”

Una raised one eyebrow.“What’s with the blush?Youlikelike him?”

Rhiannon shook her head in reply.

“Excellent.I can seduce both of them at once,” Una said, rubbing her hands together.

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