Page 158 of Deadly Sweet

They just don’t understand Thor like I do. It’s okay, they will learn.

By the time we reach the school, it’s lunchtime and the baby is asleep.

“Why are they so loud?” I mutter as the kids run around the school yard, screaming their heads off like a bunch of banshees. “You won’t be like these little crotch goblins, will you?” I coo to my sleeping baby.

“Excuse me?” someone gasps.

I look up to see a woman looking at me with very judgy eyes.

“I wasn’t talking to you, was I?” I ask. I look down at the kid who’s standing next to her. His finger is shoved up his nose, and I cringe. “Maybe I was,” I tell her. “Kid, if you dig any deeper, you're going to scrape out your brain.”

The kid's eyes go wide, and he starts to cry. He doesn’t even bother removing his finger from his nose.

“Kids are gross,” I mutter. “So is yours.” It’s true about the brain thing. Duchess said so when she caught one of the guards with his finger up his nose. “I was trying to save the kid's life, and all I get is dirty looks.” I roll my eyes. “You're welcome, by the way.”

Ignoring the crying kid, because now is not a time for me to get a headache, I head into the school.

“Can I help you?” someone else stops me.

“Nope,” I tell her and try to keep going.

She holds out her arm, and my eye twitches.Bitch, touch me, I dare you. I will fucking snap you like a twig.

It’s a teacher from the first day of school, the one who gave me all the dirty looks. Jake had to make me promise not to claw her eyes out.

Well, he’s not here right now, and if she doesn’t fuck off, I’ll do it this time.

“You're Jake’s Omega, aren't you?” she asks, and there she goes, eyeing me up like one might look at a pile of cow crap.

Jesus take the wheel with this one before I do my first public stabbing.

Well, one that people will actually see. I’ve stabbed a guy once in passing. Fucking catcalled me, and I made him cry like a little bitch as he crumbled to the ground.

“Yup.” I grin brightly because I’m damn proud of it.

She looks me over again, and my skin crawls. Her tongue runs along her teeth before making this clicking sound that makes my eye twitch. “Huh,” is all she says before turning around and walking away from me.

I stand there, gaping after her.

Huh? Fucking huh! I’ll show her, huh.

“Savvy?” And just like that, Jake’s voice settles something inside me.

Spinning around, I grin widely when I see his smiling face. “Surprise!”

“What are you doing here?” he asks, laughing as he walks over to me.

“Thought I’d bring my Alpha some lunch. I ordered sushi from your favorite place. The idea of eating raw fish makes me think of their cold, dead eyes.” I shudder. “Like, you’re eating their carcass.”

He chuckles. “It’s not any different than eating cows, pigs, or chickens.”

“Ah, yeah, because we cook those.” I roll my eyes.

“Don’t knock it until you try it.” He winks.

“I’ll stick with my chicken and ramen, thanks.”

He grabs the stroller and pushes it to his classroom. “You're just in time. Lunch just started. The older kids are outside playing while the younger ones eat.”

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