Page 110 of Let Us Prey
Rock Man, raking ‘em over the coals!
I glance up at Cash. “What about you, bro?” The other alphas are still ribbing each other and Nico has gone back to sulking by the balcony, so I dare to voice the question that’s been bothering me. “When are you gonna take things further with our girl?”
Again, uncharacteristic doubt flashes over his features, making my wolf panic. “I don’t know, Bash,” he sighs, running his fingers through my hair, instinctively soothing my agitation. “I don’t know if D and I…fitlike that... "
“All right, assholes, which one of you wants to explain to me why you haven’t told your girlfriend aboutknotting?!”
“Well, hello, Zhenga,” Renard purrs. “Welcome to my humble abode.” His smile is charming, even as he mutters something under his breath about ‘doubling the Captain’s soldiers at the gates.’
Because she gives zero fucks, the lioness stalks to my brother, completely ignoring my warning growl as she points a manicured claw in his face. “You are a Romulus heir, Cash. Your dick gettingstuckin a prey shifter is kind of a big deal.”
Holy shit, Delores told her about my—
“Delores told you about that happening with us?” Nico chokes out, and my stomach drops down to join my jaw in the grave.
“What did you say?” I slowly rise, my tone ice-cold and deadly—the tone I reserve for shifters I’m about to murder. “When the fuck have you…fuckedmy Cherry?” My gaze drops to his neck, and I’m horrified to realize there’s a claim mark there that doesn’t match the millions I’ve given him over the years—one that looks suspiciously like a feisty bunny nibbled on him with her sexy fangs.
They wouldn’t have fucking DARED…
As if I haven’t had enough surprises for one night, unflinchingly Nico meets my gaze as he replies. “Whenever we feel like it, Bash, and she’s not justyours.”
Butyou’remine.
“Ooh, this situation just got a whole lot more interesting,” Zhenga hums, taking a seat next to Cash and grabbing a handful of popcorn from the bowl on the end table. “How many of you here are chasing this bunny’s cottontail?”
“All of us,” we all say.
Zhenga whistles. “Well, dang. So I guess I’ll be seeingallof you in my next first-year sex ed class on Wednesday. That’s theremediallevel, by the way... " Letting her announcement hang in the air, she stands and languidly stretches before heading toward the door. “In the meantime, it sounds like you all have aknotto think about,ha!”
Accepting that I’m already never going to hear the end of this, I grumpily call after the lioness. “Can you give us some Cliffs Notes ahead of time? I swear, this has never happened to me before... "
Zhenga spins around, her gleeful expression making me cringe. “I doubt it has, you little slut. Unsurprising, since a knot can only mean one thing, according to legend.”
“Fine, I’ll bite, Leonidas,” Aubrey scowls.“What does it mean?”
With one last toothy grin, Zhenga disappears into the Tower stairwell, her only reply manic cackling and a single phrase drifting up to our collective ears.
“Fated mates!”
FIFTY-NINE
Complicated
Delores
If only I could disappear off the face of the Earth, rather than come to this sex ed class…
Professor Zhenga focused the first half of today’s class on reviewing the information from Monday’s video.ThatI could handle. It’s pretty straightforward information, and despite Heather R. constantly interjecting with ‘but that’s sex with a worthypred, right?’ after every fucking statement, I kept my cool. I can’t tell if Zhenga is a rival or an ally, but she definitely has no patience for interruptions in her lectures. She told Heather R. to ‘fuck off, Regina’ at least three times before announcing her class would now have a points system. Every stupid question would earn a demerit on the board, and she would assign the person with the most demerits a cleaning task in the gym—starting with the men’s bathrooms.
That shut Heather’s nasty ass up, praise Hera.
Now that the review is over, Zhenga has switched gears to mating in myths and legends. I’m confused because the syllabus she handed out last time said we wouldn’t get into myths and legends until we’d covered basic biology and behavior for all the major shifter types. It’s a pretty rapid switch, and I can’t help but wonder if it’s because of my conversation with her after class. She seemed disturbed when I described the situation, and although she promised to do some research, she certainly hasn’t reported back tomeabout it.
I raise my hand, intent on asking about the 180 in the curriculum so I can figure out how to work ahead, when the door swings open and my jaw hits the floor. All five of my boyfriends are making their way to the back of myremedialsex ed classroom, with irritated looks on their faces. As if my inexperience isn’t enough to make me insecure, they get to witness one of their exesteachme how fucking sex works!
I’d like to die here and now if it’s convenient, thanks.
Scrunching down into my seat, I tuck my legs under me and pull up the hood on Bash’s stolen sweatshirt. I can’tactuallydisappear, but I can keep the heat on my face from being as noticeable as I keep my eyes trained on the front of the classroom, waiting for a smirking Zhenga to continue with the lecture.
