Page 46 of Harbinger

“This is a college for supernatural beings learning how to control their abilities and perfect them to an extreme degree. I find it hard to believe that other being’s powers don’t leak out all over the place either. It’s par for the course, part of the learning experience.”

“My abilities violate free will and—”

“Other abilities can take your life. Or severely damage you, at the very least.”

“I… that’s true.”

His molten gold eyes were blazing at me, and I realized as we’d been talking, I’d been stroking his fingers with mine as he held my hand on the desktop.

“Do you want to come into my dreams again tonight? I’ll let you fabricate the surroundings this time. As long as it’s not in a pool, anything that involves immersing ourselves in water.”

“Dragons hate cold too, right? I mean, except the kind that Draven is.”

“My kind do, yeah.” He stroked my fingers back, then placed our joined hands on his thigh.Oh, damn.“So, what do you say?”

“Let’s deal with the marks first.”

“You and Kai aren’t exclusive, right? I mean, if you were, it would be a hell of a blow about him and Ariana, right? You would have reacted far more strongly.”

“I would have. We’re not.”

“Let me guess, he makes you feel like he’s the one doing you a favor?”

“Can we not?” I went to pull my hand away, but he held fast.

“He’s not, all right?”

“What?”

“Last night, the pleasure was definitely mine. You were incredible. I’m not usually one for repeats, but here I am asking for another go, because it was that amazing.Youwere that amazing. The way you move, the sexy little sounds you make… all of it.” He lowered his voice and made a show of whispering, clearly for my benefit. “And your magnificent cock.”

I choked at his words.

The way he put it all out there and was so honest to the core about what he wanted, how he felt… there was no fakery or puppet mastery with him. He just was. It was so refreshing. And, honestly, it felt amazing to be viewed this way.

“Well, if we’re getting into the cock thing, you take the cake there,” I told him, relaxing and rising to it, actually not worried about flirting because he couldn’t be influenced by my allure.

“Well, thank you,” he said, grinning.

Before anything more could be said, the classroom fell silent, and Professor Blackwater began his lecture.

It started off well enough, where he laid out the syllabus for the year, and the importance of this course.

But when he started listing off what had been defined aspredatory supernatural species, the awkwardness set in, when Incubi were mentioned. Several looks came my way, and I felt Vorzyr’s hand tighten in mine when he realized quickly what was happening.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the end of it.

He hadn’t reacted to dragons being mentioned, only when my species had, and he’d seen my uncomfortable reaction.

As the Professor asked the class to name some other species who fit thepredatorybill, they swirled around the room, some being repeated over and over.

“Wendigos, Hydras, Incubi, Succubi, Vampires, Werewolves, Dragons, Dark Fae, and—”

Suddenly, Vorzyr’s hand left mine and he shot to his feet, speaking in a deep rumble that cut through everything, “You are all missing the point.”

Professor Blackwater jolted at the interruption, but, unlike the gasps emanating from the students,heseemed more curious than pissed about it.

“And what point might that be?”

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