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I can practically feel Daemon’s eyes narrow.

“Okay then,” she says, dragging the words out as if she thinks I’m full of shit. “Why don’t you take a seat?”

With a shrug of my shoulders, I prance back to my seat, more than happy to blend back into the shadows.

“Do you always make situations awkward?” Dmitriy asks as he leans in, his eyes sparkling with amusement.

“It’s a specialty. Stop sidetracking me with your dry humor. You’re still the villain in this story.”

“Hmm,” he muses, opening his book. “I think your story is about to crown a new villain.”

My eyes follow his, and I watch as Daemon shares a dark look with Ronan and Alaric before smirking and stretching his arm out over the back of Dariana’s chair.

Excitement courses through my veins at the thought of taming my own Captain Hook.

Peter Pan, who? Screw the good guy. I want the darkness and the violent destruction in Daemon’s eyes.

I want him to unleash his storm.

ChapterNine

DAEMON

“Why do women always take so long in the bathroom?” Ronan whines while we wait by the lockers across from the bathroom door.

“Beats me,” Alaric replies, watching a girl walk past in a short skirt that sways around her smooth thighs.

Dragging my eyes away from the door, I spare the girl a brief glance but look away just as quickly. Ever since the new girl unfolded her wings, it’s all I’ve been thinking about. I’ve never seen such big wings on a female angel, and it’s fucking impossible to ignore the urge inside me that wants to dominate her.

That’s why I’m here now, when we should be in the cafeteria.

My curiosity is a restless beast.

“Why would my uncle take her in?”

Ronan stops whining and looks at me. “Who?”

“The new girl.” My eyes are back on the door. The moment it opens, I’ll be on her.

“Your uncle doesn’t have a kind bone in his body,” Alaric points out.

It’s true. He’s ruthless in his pursuit of the throne, and this sudden act of kindness reeks of something I can’t put my finger on.

“Maybe his plan is to use her against you?” Alaric says, confirming my suspicion.

I rub my bottom lip with my thumb before uncrossing my feet and straightening up. “It would be too obvious, don’t you think? She lives with him, for fuck’s sake. He must know that raises suspicion.”

“Sometimes the best thing is to hide in plain sight. It’s a genius planbecauseit’s so obvious.”

I’m only listening with half an ear, when the door opens and she walks out, unaware of the wolves lying in wait.

My feet move before my brain has had a chance to catch up.

“What are you doing?” the new girl protests as I drag her into the nearest empty classroom and shove her inside. Alaric and Ronan follow behind, the latter shutting the door softly behind us and flipping the lock. The sound is ominous in the quiet room.

Like a sudden gunshot.

It makes her flinch, and the hungry, restless beast inside me likes the sight a little too much.

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