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Gifts weren’t really something I was used to. “I’m not sure.”
He caressed my arm with his hand, gently kneading the skin. “If you did, we could text. I could get to know you despite these stupid curfews.”
“Maybe on a loan?” I suggested. “Less of a gift—more of a borrow.”
He chuckled. “That’s a good compromise. I’ll take care of it. Before we go…can I kiss you again? Last time, we were interrupted.”
“Yes,” I breathed.
His warm lips met mine as he gripped my waist and drew me closer until my chest brushed against his but only because I was a step up from him. I wound my arms around his neck, pulling him closer and he let out a moan.
Maybe I was doing this right.
He pushed at my lips with his tongue and I opened for him. My fingers found the soft hairs at the nape of his neck. When I whimpered, he pulled back and broke the kiss, leaving me heaving for my next breath. “I’m being irresponsible. Let’s get you back to your room.”
“Are you sure?” I teased. “We can take the risk.”
He chuckled. “You tempt me, female. You truly do but I’m trying to be good here. Come on. Let’s go.”
My room was only a few feet away, and he kept me under the safety of his arm the whole way.
Then I remembered Adan. I might be a curse in the eyes of some, but I was no betrayer. “I need to tell you something,” I broached.
“You can tell me anything.”
“Adan asked me on a date, and I accepted.”
Cas pouted but then chuckled. “Hmm, and you thought I would be upset.”
“No. Yes. I wanted to be honest with you. That’s all.”
He nodded and kissed my forehead. “Thank you for being honest. Here’s my truth. I don’t mind sharing. Adan is one of my best friends, and so is Blaze. Now, get on in. I’m looking forward to our date.”
I turned around, opening the door but paused. “Wait,ourdate?” I asked but realized that Casimir was already gone.
Chapter Ten
Karelis
“There’s no point in you graduating from the Urban Rehabilitation Academy unless you have become a better citizen in the shifter community. You were sent here in the first place because you didn’t adhere to the responsibilities of a contributing member of our race.”
Those two sentences shut the mouths of every student who had ignored the suit-wearing professor at the front of the gymnasium. Our classes for the afternoon had been canceled for a school-wide seminar.
They used the word seminar.
I immediately got squirmy. Boredom seeped in before I got there.
June and I sat near the top of the bleachers. She had been waiting for me at the door while people nudged her with their elbows like they didn’t see a whole-ass person standing there. People treated each other like speed bumps sometimes, and it sucked.
Casimir, Adan, and Blaze sat behind us, and June hit my leg with hers. “Not one word,” I growled, and all four of them laughed.
The first bullet point was how we had to follow the rules of the pack before the rules of the human community. How different this place was from the Light Kingdom. They didn’t have any care or desire to follow the rules of humans. Then again, they believed themselves more blessed than any other creature, human and shifter alike, so that was no surprise.
“I forgot how much I hate this fucking lecture,” Blaze snarled.
“Good thing this is our last one,” Adan said.
Talk about reality slapping me in the face.
