Page 38 of Dead and Buried

“Her police officer?” Cain asks with his brow furrowed.

Nox’s eyes widen and he glances over to see the venomous glare I’m sending his way. “Would you like to be stabbed or shot to death?” I ask him, actually considering it.

Nox scratches the back of his neck, looking back to Dr. Price. “I, umm, must have heard him wrong. He didn’t say anything about pictures in her closet or daddy issues.”

I jump on him taking us both to the ground. “That’s it. You die today!”

I’m just about to get my hands around his neck when arms wrap around me and yank me off Nox who, now that I think about it, wasn’t fighting back at all. A squeak of pain escapes me when Dr. Price puts too much pressure around my ribs. Nox is on his feet instantly, pulling the professor’s arms from around me. “You’re hurting her.”

A huff leaves Dr. Price. “She was literally trying to kill you.”

I frown. “If I was trying to kill him, I would have stabbed him. Maybe shot him in the dick first for good measure.”

They both stare at me and I shrug. “Enzo taught me a lot.”

Nox’s eyes narrow. “Did he also teach you how to castrate a guy and make it look like he did it to himself?”

I grin at him. “No. That was honestly all off the cuff. Creative, huh? Poor little eunuch. I even used his own knife.”

“Holy fucking shit,” Dr. Price mutters. “Is she still high?”

I roll my eyes at him. Using both hands, I gesture to my body in one long, sweeping motion. “Nope. This is Viviana Rossi. I can goback to pretending to be Viv if you want.” I frown, a little offended that he doesn’t like me the way I am.

Nox looks over my shoulder to Dr. Price. “She’s like Zane with boobs.”

I raise a finger in the air. “And a vagina,” I clarify, just in case they didn’t know, and point my finger at Nox. “You saw it. It exists.”

Nox’s cheeks redden. “Yes, you have a vagina.”

Dr. Price clears his throat. “I shouldn’t be standing in my classroom talking about genitalia with two students.” He steps away from us, straightening his tie. “Nox, go to your next class. Viviana, you can sit in your seat quietly, please.” He turns around and walks to his desk without a backwards glance at us.

Nox turns to me. “Please don’t tell Z I saw you naked.”

I quirk a brow, stepping closer to whisper, “You don’t want him to know that you ordered me to take my pants off and bare my pussy to you and Sloane?”

Goosebumps erupt over his bare arms and he clears his throat. “That’s not how it happened.”

I chuckle, leaning in even closer on my tiptoes to whisper in his ear, “See you later.” I snap my teeth at him and skip away to my seat. Yeah, that was mostly just to mess with Nox. I’m notthatcrazy. Swear it!

1 idiots

2 monsters

3 idiot

4 policeman

5 He’s not mine.

6 little girl

7 policeman.

Cain

This damn insufferable girl spent the entire class zoned out and somehow still answered all the questions I threw at her correctly. When I dismiss the class, they all hurry from the room. I’m pretty sure I took my mood out on them. Viviana stays in her seat for a solid three minutes before she looks around and realizes everyone is gone. She starts to pack up her stuff. “Miss Russo. My desk, please.”

She lets her bag fall to the floor and approaches my desk without hesitation. Her wide hazel eyes look at me patiently. Now that she isn’t wearing a mask anymore, I can see what Zane swore was there. “I’m very disappointed in you,” I tell her, leaning back in my seat. Her mouth falls from its neutral expression to a frown and she nods her head like she expected it. “You lied to me. A man you claim to look up to.”

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