Page 37 of Treacherous

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Me:

You would be a powerful witch.

Sofia Wells:

No deflecting!

*Athena King has added Jazmine Allen to the group*

Me:

I won’t go into detail, but there may or may not have been degradation involved while we were defiling a wall.

Jazmine Allen:

ATHENA! You could have waited.

Athena King:

This is hilarious. I will say, though, I think everyone saw this coming.

Jazmine Allen:

I DIDN’T!

Cami:

HA! Be real, Jaz. The sexual tension between those two has been wanting to burst for years.

Me:

Take that back!

This is still hypothetical, and I will nevereverbe fucking Jayden Allen. Even if he begged.

Athena King:

Kinky.

Jazmine Allen:

STOP!

My laughter consumes the room, but a glance toward my laptop reminds me of my original to-dos. No more thinking about Jayden naked. Even if my friends and sister think it was a long time coming.

I open my textbook, staring at the human anatomy diagrams and endless notes.

This is going to be a long day.

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An incessant knocking on my bedroom door forces me to fall out of focus. My eyes flick to the time in the corner of my laptop. Shit, it’s after four, I need to go.

Someone knocks on my door. “Willow, it’s Cooper. We are about to head to the arena.”

“Okay. I’ll be five minutes. Just need to change,”

“Cool. Sam and I are waiting for you.”

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