Page 24 of Messenger of Death
“You’ve been Ares’ed. What did you do?” Morgana said.
“It was worth it,” Liam said.
“So, the entire class ended up having to run, but we got some revenge for a photo that was sent to Sage,” Khalid said.
“Seriously?” Elliot said. “Everyone saw Blaize slinking back to his dorm room covered in shit and several people are saying he’s a goat fucker. That was beautiful.”
“It really was,” Morgana said. “He sends them to everyone who talks to him. He’s kind of a celebrity among supernaturals and it’s like he thinks sending nudes is giving people autographed headshots. Blaize is pretty, but he’s not everyone’s type, even though he thinks he is.”
Iman came padding up to us and shocked the shit out of me when she jumped right at Ivar. She wasn’t attacking him. He caught her, and she settled in like that was where she wanted to be.
“Did someone misplace their familiar?” Ivar asked.
“That’s our roommate,” I said. “She’s stuck like that.”
“She also hates everyone, so I don’t know what that’s all about,” Morgana said.
“Nah, she just wants people to leave her alone. She doesn’t care enough to hate them,” Liam said. “She’s acat.She’s allowed to have boundaries. Iman got in on the revenge, too.”
“Well,Ilike cats and I’m not going to complain if Iman wants me to carry her around.”
Iman twisted out of Ivar’s arms and draped herself around his shoulders. They all shrugged like they understood cats, or women stuck as a cat, and headed off towards their dorm.
“I’m going to be late coming back to our dorm,” Morgana said. “If your men know what’s good for them, they will be late going back totheirdorm, too.”
“We need some kind of system,” I said.
Morgana would be having sex and now that I’d kissed them,Iwanted to have sex. I could relax and actually enjoy it now that it was someone I had a connection with instead of a one-night stand in a hostel where I refused to stay the night so I didn’t get robbed.
“Turtle socks,” Morgana said. “If there’s a turtle sock on the door, it’s not safe to go in.”
“That’s oddly specific,” I said.
“You’d think it was hilarious if you were a witch. Use your card to buy some.”
“Will do.”
“Listen, love, I can tell running is justnotyour thing and I feel guilty you got punished. How about a massage before dinner?” Liam said.
“I might actually be better at that,” Khalid said. “My brother and I were both into boxing for a little while. I decided I liked books more. It was cheaper to learn to give each other massages than to pay someone every time.”
“We can both rub her down and she can pick her favorite,” Liam said.
“Why don’t one of you take her back, the other rub her feet, and someone else can brush her hair?” Lucian said.
“Your kidneys are getting less punchable every day,” Liam said. “I might actually be starting to like you.”
“I still hate you.”
“Lucian had a good idea,” Khalid said. “How about some pampering, Sage?”
“She needs a snack after all that running,” Lucian said.
Yes, I did. How did Lucian always seem to know that?
“No one has ever done anything like that for me before,” I said.
They hadn’t. I wasn’t really raised to expect it, either. It was nice, but it also made me a little uncomfortable.
