Page 53 of The Goddess is Awakened
Azren was gone all day and didn’t answer my text asking where they were. Even if Azren wasn’t older than the universe and happened to have a crap sense of time when they got deep in their research, I wouldn’t have blown up their phone with a million more texts. I wouldn’t have done that with any of my guys. West did that to me sometimes but managed to do it with funny memes, so it wasn’t annoying.
We had time to kill in history wondering if Azren was coming back, so Dexter posted the video and figured out how to tag the entire school. It went viral. People were sharing it with their parents and friends that didn’t go here. Church made damned sure his grandfather saw it so the rest of the board did. We all knew she was going to try to use this to expel me.
Dexter and I were fucking heroes to everyone who hadn’t joined the Cult of Kaylee Krauss. People were still mad about the whole moon orgy thing. Kaylee and Todd were missing. Kaylee was probably home with her mom. I didn’t know where Todd was. I didn’t even know where he was sleeping after my brother dumped all his shit out of their dorm window and told him to find somewhere else to sleep.
Michael raised hell in Headmaster Krauss’s office. Snitching was generally frowned upon in the magical community. You were supposed to handle it yourself. There was a fine line, though, and my idiot brother found out Dexter wasn’t the only one. Dexter got up to refill his drink, so I slid into his seat at my brother’s table.
“I see why you like him.”
“Honestly? I noticed him in the freshman flying class I’m helping teach. His wings are this gorgeous purple and blue. There’s just something about him when he’s in the air. He’s stunning when he’s flying. He’s funny, too. When I found out what fucking Todd wanted to do, it was like a kick in the nuts. I just knew he was mine, and I was going to literally die if he didn’t feel the same. Can you help him, George?”
“Dexter seems to be able to handle his own shit. What does he need?”
I had a feeling Michael wanted a god favor, but Dexter just set something in motion Ineverwould have thought of. That was like, some Uncle Loki-level shit. My Uncle Loki knew damned well you could fuck things up more with a simple word than with magic. Michael claimed him and let anyone know he’d destroy them if they touched Dexter. Between Michael and the video Dexter posted, I didn’t think anyone was going to bother him again.
“His parents have told him if he wants to transition, he has to use his own money. Dexter doesn’t come from money. His grandparents fled the Fae realm with almost nothing. They are better off now, but nowhere near as rich as some of the people here. Dexter’s parents send him a stipend because they want him fully focused on school, but it’s just enough for clothes, food, and supplies.
“His grandfather fully supports him and has been buying his T. You already know that since you conjured him that box because Kaylee is a bitch. Dexter is self-conscious about his top. He can’t use his wings with his chest binders. Dexter is happy. He finally has his magic, and he’s slowly starting to feel at home in his body, but right now, he has to choose between binding and having full use of his wings. He’s desperate for top surgery, but his grandfather can’t afford it and even if Dexter got a part time job, he couldn’t either. Could you do something about that when you’re ready to take your necklace off?”
Not without guidance. I was the only one Matilda let do her nails because I shapeshifted them. When I did her nails, they were perfect and hard to break. I’d never done anything major like that before. Azren probably knew. I’d have to ask when they resurfaced.
“Actually, Dexter is family now. He is dating my brother and we’ve fought in the trenches together. I was planning on telling the guys I’m into on Samhain. If you want to tell Dexter, they are practically my brother-in-law now. You might want to run top surgery by god magic by him first and let him know I’ve never done anything like that before.”
“Thanks, George.”
My phone went off before I could say anything. It was Azren. They wanted me in the headmaster’s office and they wanted my twin and my familiar with me. Oh, fuck. Was Matilda about to get expelled with me?
We took two steps away from our table when some senior we’d never interacted with just grabbed her ass in front of the entire school and growled how hot she was. First of all, ew. Who still did that? Secondly, did this fuck nut have a death wish?
Matilda had been a militant lesbian since we were eleven. Tommy Norwood had a crush she wasn’t returning, so he thought if he cornered her and kissed her, she’d magically catch feelings. She didn’t even have her Hellhound then, but she broke his nose.
Our principal tried to suspend her and do nothing to Tommy. My mom, all my dads, my aunt, and all her husbands were in his office. Bram also called Hell, so our principal had Lilith, two angels, and two very angry Hellhound grandparents yelling at him about rape culture.
Matilda flipped this dude in the air and slammed him on his back. She was tall, slim, and was always girly and made up. Matilda was also a Hellhound and apparently, this warlock wanted to fuck around and find out. Her eyes flashed amber and her canines elongated as she squeezed his neck. I really hoped I wasn’t going to have to stop her from killing him.
Mags was already there. She wouldalwaysprotect my sister from something that would land her in supernatural jail. She charged forward and knocked Matilda off the warlock. Mags would forever protect Matilda, but she was also crazy protective and this warlock just touched what was hers. Mags’s revenge would be epic.
And it was. Mags held him down with her front paws on his chest while squatting and pissing all over his face. Michael and Dexter had come to stand next to us. Michael was laughing.
“I’d jump in because no one gropes my baby sisters, but I can’t top pissing on a warlock’s face.”
“You’d better not be whipping your dick out on campus. That’s mine,” Dexter said.
“Ew. What did I tell you about that?” I groaned.
“I can’t believe that guy just grabbed my ass. Am I not lesbianing hard enough on campus?”
I took her arm and started walking toward the headmaster’s
office.
“Straight girls don’t like that shit, either. Do you think we are about to be expelled?”
“Sorry, but this is Azren. They have been spoiling you rotten. Azren isn’t going to allow that.”
When we knocked, Azren was sitting at Lindsay’s desk. Their long, black hair was messed up like they had been running their fingers through it, but their face was totally serene. They explained their new role and that Freya would be coming to teach history for two months.
“She’s staying with your aunt to catch up. Freya looks forward to catching up with all of you with her real face and she misses both of you. That wasn’t why I called you. I’m pretty sure your familiar is not just a dog and I’m going to need her to shift.”
