Page 58 of Messenger of Death
“Excuse me, but I’ve always wanted to do this.”
Elliot turned and kicked the door open.
“Don’t you have a key because this is also your room?” Lucian asked.
“Shh,” Elliot said, putting his hand over Lucian’s entire face.
Lucian batted his hand away. That was when I saw it. Liam was sprawled on the bed and Lola was straddling him. Her shirt was off and she was grinding on him.
I saw red, and I snapped.
It was utter chaos. I’d gotten to know Liam enough to know he’dnevercheat on Sage. He also seemed to be not completely coherent at the moment. It also wasn’t just our group anymore. Sage darted across the room and tackled Lola, but Mazen was with us.
Mazen couldn’t control his shift in potions class and he couldn’t control it now. He ripped through his clothes and that giant black dog was back. And then Khalid shifted for the first time and turned into a jackal. Sorry, Khalid, but Mazen’s dog was much bigger than Khalid’s jackal.
Khalid bared his teeth at Mazen and darted between him and Sage, but Sage wasn’t Mazen’s target. Mazen ran to Liam andfuck, I was going to have to fight a dog. Except Mazen wasn’t trying to bite Liam. It looked like Mazen wasguardinghim.
Sage flung Lola up by her hair, then kicked her right in the vagina and sent her stumbling into the dresser.
“That’srape,asshole. He’s clearly drugged.”
“Just because he likes me more than he likes you doesn’t mean he’s unwilling!”
Mazen let out this feral growl from the bed like he agreed with Sage. What was going on right now? Liam reached up and started stroking Mazen’s flank.
“Did we get a dog or is that you, Khalid?” he slurred.
Yeah, Liam was out of his mind on something. I knew he kept talking about sneaking something in the baked goods here, but he wouldn’t have gotten high around Lola and cheated on Sage. Khalid was apparently very vocal as a jackal or jackals were just vocal creatures because he was chiming in, too.
Morgana picked up Liam’s water bottle and sniffed it.
“This potion is forbidden. It’s the fairy equivalent of a roofie.”
“I’m here because I’m not good at potions,” Lola snapped.
“I think you want everyone tothinkyou’re not good at potions,” Sage snarled. “I think you’ve been awake this entire time.”
“I think you’re just jealous because Liam really wantsme, Sage. I’m not awake. I don’t know who I am.”
Except her heartbeat changed. Lola was lying. She knew who she was, and she was keeping it secret. Was Lola Hemlock? It would explain why she never smelled like anything. I didn’t need her going all void in here. We didn’t need to let on we knew who she was. I could use it to find her Harami.
“Maybe you should leave,” I said.
“Are you serious right now?” Sage snarled.
Sage definitely looked like she wanted to hit her again. Mazen bared his teeth. Khalid let out those weird noises again and Liam started singing falsetto.
“Yes.”
I gave her a look I hoped she understood. We were connected. It was just a little bit, but we’d been building the blood bond. She gave me a subtle nod. She got it.
“Get out of my sight,” Sage said.
Lola just tossed her hair over her shoulder and strolled out of Liam’s dorm room like all of this wasn’t her fault and she hadn’t drugged and nearly raped him.
“Can you go to the kitchen and steal some blue lotus? It’s the antidote for this potion,” Morgana asked Petros.
“Done.”
