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I nod. "What did you have in mind? More breaking and entering classrooms?"

He chuckles. "Something much less likely to get us into trouble."

"I don't know whether to be disappointed or not."

He brushes his hand against my leg under the table. "I'd like to think you won't be disappointed." The way his voice dips makes me think it's full of the promise of what's to come.

"What did you have in mind?"

"Come to my room after dinner? It's by the statue of the sneezing gargoyle," he responds. "All will be revealed."

"I'm intrigued."

"You should be." He waggles his ears at me.

"I'm going to be trying to work out what you have planned all afternoon."

"I can give you a taste." Magic jumps from his fingers to my leg, sending a bolt of desire through me.

I let out a small gasp, having to hide it when several people look at me. "Bit my tongue," I lie.

Nati's expression says that she doesn't believe me, but that she also doesn't want to ask me for more information, but she soon goes back to her verbal sparring match with Meic.

Cethin's amusement is written all over his face.

"That was mean," I chide him.

"But it'll give you something to think about during class." The corners of his lips curl up into a knowing smirk.

"And now you'll be thinking about what I'm thinking about," I tease. "Two can play at that game, Cethin."

"I've been thinking what you're thinking almost every moment since I met you," he responds.

A small shiver of desire travels through me at the idea. Later can't come soon enough.

My stomach rumbles and he pulls his hand away from my leg. "You should eat."

I nod. Though I have no idea how I'm going to be able to focus on food with some of the thoughts he's put in my head.

Chapter 20

Anja

Nervous excitement fills me as I make my way to the sneezing gargoyle statue. At first, I wasn't sure which one he meant, but when I passed it on the way to Botany earlier, I realised exactly which statue he meant.

My heart skips a beat the moment I see him standing by the statue.

He smiles at the sight of me, and I hurry over. He pulls me into his arms and kisses me in a way that makes me feel like we're the only people in the world.

"You didn't have to wait for me out here," I say.

"It seemed like a good idea." His eyes are already ringed with purple, making them shine invitingly.

"What do you have planned?" I ask.

"Come with me, and you'll find out." He takes my hand in his and draws me towards the flat door, opening it up and leading me through to what I assume is his room. The other three doors are firmly shut, meaning that his flatmates aren't currently around to interrupt us.

A small gasp escapes me as I step into the room to find candles burning and the bed made up in a way that looks particularly inviting. "Cethin..." I turn around to find him looking at me with a surprising amount of hunger in his eyes. "You didn't have to do this."