Page 25 of Fortune Academy: Year Two
The shifter leveled his blue eyes at the Hunter as he got in Dante’s face. Dante didn’t budge and made a point not to look intimidated. “You of all people should know better than to tell us to follow the rules,” Logan growled.
The males measured each other up with a stillness that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Logan, for all his adorable quirks, was an Alpha. And Dante, well, he was a badass Bounty Hunter who wasn’t scared of anything or anyone.
“I’ll have to report it,” Dante said, surprising me by behaving all business-like to the shifter. Dante had broken all kinds of rules with me, but to everyone else, the Hunter behaved by the book.
“Have you reported your relationship with Lily?” Logan shot back, his teeth sharpening as his muscles quivered with the need to shift. The raw murder in his eyes said that he would have no problem ripping Dante’s throat out.
What did it say about me that his violent possessiveness turned me on?
“I’m not a teacher or a counselor,” Dante pointed out. “Which means I can fuck whoever I want.”
The shifter emanated a low growl. I didn’t know why Dante was deliberately provoking him.
“Okay then,” I said as I rolled my eyes. “While you two have a pissing match, I’ll be on my way.”
Dante’s hand shot out and grabbed me before I had a chance to leave. Rage flared and claws slid out from what had once been fingernails. “I dare you to try and fucking stop me.”
Logan smirked at my transformation.Do all succubi have claws?he asked, the private thought in my head a taunt more than a legitimate question. He knew I was hiding things from him, but damned if I was going to tell him.
“You leave when I say you can leave,” Dante said, his tone flat and controlled.
A chill ran up my spine, sensing danger.
“Don’t talk to her that way,” Logan snapped, shoving himself between us and breaking Dante’s hold on me. My fingers ran across his bare, muscular back as he faced the Hunter. He didn’t even flinch as my claws grazed his skin. It was almost endearing the level of trust he awarded me whether I deserved it or not.
The two began bickering, but I couldn’t make out the words any longer. Without Kaito’s binds, the succubus side of me was beginning to take over. I could practically smell the testosterone coming from Logan and Dante. They were both my Virtues and I wanted them to get along, but it seemed only Kaito was on board with sharing.
I never said I wouldn’t share,Logan growled in my head. He glanced at me over his shoulder just long enough to give me a smirk and add,I’m an Alpha. If you add anyone to our pack, they have to go through me first.
I didn’t know if Dante could hear the silent communication, but his fist went flying straight at Logan’s head as if to make a point.
Logan took the blow with athumpthat made me wince. He whipped back from the strike with an enraged snarl.
“Enough!” I shrieked.
Dante’s orange eyes glittered with challenge as his hand gripped the hilt of his dagger until his knuckles turned white.
“Both of you, just stop it. I should let the two of you beat each other to a pulp, but you know what? I’m feeling generous.” I snapped my fingers. “Logan, you go first.” Magic seeped into my words as sweetness caressed my tongue. He visibly relaxed and took a step closer to me, running his fingers up my arm.
“First for what?” he asked, his voice taking on a tender tone.
I brushed him away. “The two of you have an agenda and I want to know what it is. So, Logan, you’re going to go first. Why did you seek me out just to tell me Orion left campus?”
He hesitated, as if fighting the magic that pressed him to obey me. I knew it wasn’t fair what I was doing, and it disgusted me to use powers better wielded by the likes of Melinda, but it was time for the truth.
“You are my mate,” he stated simply. “Orion had no business taking what is mine.”
I propped my hands on my hips. “You just said you had no issue sharing.”
He smirked, then ran his tongue across his lower lip as he stared at my mouth. Lust wafted from him, exuding a sickeningly sweet scent that I wanted to lap up. “I said I’d share only if any mates you added to the pack were worthy. You can’t possibly have meant to bond with Orion on purpose. It was because of that stupid chocolate he made you eat. I was doing you a favor by getting rid of him.”
I raised a brow. “By ‘getting rid of him,’ you mean sending him to Earth?”
“He didn’t go to Earth.”
Both Dante and I stilled at that. “Then where?” I asked.
Logan shrugged. “I’m guessing Olympus. He said if anyone could break the spell you put on him, it would be the gods.”
