Page 83 of The Tribrid Princess and the Taste of Chaos
Well, I had a date, so I don’t know if I want to reschedule,Carter adds.
You’re all going to be there. I don’t give a shit if you had plans or not, you know Mom will be worried after that attack,I explain curtly.
She does need to get used to it, though, things aregoing to continue-
Ares,I snarl in warning, my eyes are blazing, and he’s fucking lucky that he’s not in front of me.
Alright, Jayce, relax. We’ll all make it. Right, Ares?Renji tries to defuse the tension.
Fight, fight. Jaycey boy and Ares the Arse boy!Theo sings.
That doesn’t even rhyme,Carter cuts in.
Fuck you, Theo,Ares curses.
Seven tomorrow.With that, I cut the link, blocking them all out.
“You ok?” Sienna asks me from behind, curiosity in her eyes. She probably sensed my anger.
“Yeah,” I answer, looking around the halls. Some kids are making their way to their dorms, but the tension still lingers.
Blood still covers my hands and Sienna… I want to ask her what she was about to say because it definitely wasn’t about her sigils, but now isn’t the time.
Every time we look at one another, those memories return, the tension between us like a crackling live wire.
We enter Division Nine quarters, where the rest of the division members are obviously waiting for us.
“What the fuck happened?” Valerian asks.
“Long story, and I need a shower,” I say.
“Is it true that you fought the enemy witch?” Maralai asks Sienna, her eyes wide with curiosity as she looks at her.
“Umm, kinda. She was strong and if she wasn’t called away…” Sienna trails off, and I resist the urge to correct her. Shedoesn’t give herself any credit.
“Jayce!” Allison steps into my path, and I frown as I brush past her.
“As I said, I need a shower,” I reply coldly before I walk right into the bathroom, locking the door behind me.
Twenty minutes later, I step out of the bathroom in a towel, only to see Sienna sitting on the sofa a little too close to Lucius as they grill her.
“What the hell are you guys doing? We have lessons tomorrow. Get to bed,” I command, glaring around the room.
“Really, Jayce?” Artemis cocks a brow as she looks down at me pointedly.
I cock a brow but say nothing, ignoring the others staring. Haven’t they seen a man in a towel before?
My eyes find Sienna’s, and I notice how hers have darkened already, and I have half a mind to call her to my room so we can continue what we almost began…
“Get to bed. You need the rest,” I order instead, turning and entering my bedroom, ignoring the giggling, idiotic girls behind me. Shutting the door after me, I drop a message in our family group chat. Renji has already filled them in, and I feel relieved for that. I toss my phone onto the bed as I drop onto my desk chair and run my fingers through my wet hair.
I need to unwind…
There’s far too much to think through. So I grab my sketchbook and, flipping it open, look down at the page I landed on. Her butterflies… Last term I wondered how many she had, but I saw a few more tonight.
I begin marking them all down slowly. Eight on her thigh,one on her neck, six on her arms… I massage my temples, trying not to envision every curve of her body.
I can hear everyone heading to their rooms now. The last-minute shouts, the exhausted promises of what they’ll do tomorrow, the yawns, Sienna saying goodnight as she says she’s off to shower.
