Page 82 of Fortune Fae Academy
When I tried to take too much, it snapped at me like a broken rubber band. So I learned to draw on it slowly and deliberately.
Sips. Not gulps. That was the key.
Another sound of ripping clothing left Roderik’s victim naked. He shoved her onto the ground, leaving her kneeling in front of him. “Make it hard,” he ordered her.
I scoffed, which earned his fury.
“Do you want to do it for her, Axel? I’m not opposed to shoving my cock down your throat.” His gaze swept over my broken body. “Or in other places.”
I lifted my lips and snarled. “Do that and you’ll never get a drop of toxin from me,” I promised.
It was a bluff. I’d do anything for Gina and the future we hoped to build. Even if it meant taking an Alpha’s cock. I’d done it before. I’d do it again.
Roderik gave me a grin, then playfully snapped at me. “Don’t be so serious, Axel. Have some fun once in a while.” He gazed down at the human, who was staring at his cock and probably trying to figure out how she was supposed to fit the lump of meat in her mouth. “Here, a show of my good intentions.” He grabbed her by the arm, making her squeak in pain as he tossed her in my lap. “You can have that one.”
My stomach soured. “No,” I said, gently pushing the female off as she slid onto the floor.
She blinked up at me, confused, then looked back at Roderik. “You’re the god-Alpha,” she finally said. “I wantyou, Roder—”
She didn’t get a chance to finish her sentence. He backhanded her so hard that her lip burst, sending blood splattering onto the floor.
“Look what you made me do,” he growled as he snatched up one of the waiting towels that was likely intended for different bodily fluids. Red smeared across the perfect white cloth, then he discarded it with one of the waiting Beta servants. “Now I’ll have to choose another one. I don’t like my toys damaged.” He lifted his lip at the woman when she dared to look up at him.
Perhaps they aren’t like trained Omegas at all,I mused.
They were human. And with human traits came stubbornness and pride.
As well as delusion, apparently, because Roderik was anything but a god.
She wisely didn’t say anything, though. She simply held Roderik’s glare for a heartbeat before dropping her gaze in submission.
Before Roderik could pick another poor soul, the door clicked open and the unmistakable scent of midnight jasmine made my nostrils flare. My body reacted to the scent, making my jaw warm with the kind of toxin my Omega’s presence encouraged.
Gina… No, sweetheart. You shouldn’t be here right now.
My gaze immediately went to the naked space around her throat. A light blister ran around her neck, but it was healing.
The place the control collar had been.
My eyes widened. None of the futures I’d seen thus far had it removed. What could she have possibly done to have overpowered the device since I’d last seen her?
When I checked Amell’s expression, it was stoic and bored. If it bothered him that she had freed herself, he didn’t show it.
He had more than one control collar on hand. Perhaps he meant to collar her again.
Or maybe he felt like running a new experiment to see what Gina would do when set free.
I realized another scent mixed with jasmine, one that was sweet enough to belong to a second Omega. My suspicion was confirmed when I glanced up to find Gina with her arm hooked through another’s. She was familiar, but I couldn’t remember her name. Omegas were rare commodities and most students at the Academy knew their names by heart.
Gina was the only Omega I cared about.
The female accompanying her seemed startled by the sight of naked humans and her eyes widened for a moment before she schooled her features.
That’s what a well-trained Omega looks like.
There were multiple Alphas in the room. Both Gina and the other female categorized us immediately, likely ranking us in terms of danger.
Given my depleted state, I should have been on the lower rank compared to an Elder and whatever the fuck Roderik was. But the other female eyed me a beat longer than the rest.
