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Rudder gets up. “Gotta bail. Helping my parents with some home repairs this weekend.”
Everyone else goes, until it’s just Bash, Neva, and me. Neva yawns. “Better get going. I’m staying in town, so I’ll catch you two tomorrow.”
We exchange hugs, then Bash turns to me. “Guess we’d better go too. I don’t want to leave you though.”
I lean my head against his. “I don’t, either.”
He yawns. “But we should. We both need to study tomorrow, and I’m actually doing good in all my classes so far. You’re a good influence on me.”
“It’s all you.” I give him a quick kiss. “You just needed someone to believe in you.”
“You think so?” He brushes his lips across mine before kissing me deeply, not giving me the chance to answer his question. My heart races, and I struggle to breathe normally.
He pulls back. “We’d better go. Can’t have you missing curfew.”
“Sometimes I hate being a first-year. Earliest curfew, no shell phones …”
“But once this term is over, you’ll be a second-year.”
“And you’ll be a fourth-year.” I frown. “What will I do after you graduate?”
Bash gives me his crooked grin. “You’re already worried about that? It’s more than a year away.”
I run my fingertips along his scruff. “I can’t help hating the thought of not seeing you every day.”
“Maybe I can find a reason to stick around.”
“How?” I rake my fingers through his hair and get lost in his eyes.
He clears his throat. “Um, well … I can find something. Maybe intern as an assistant to one of the teachers or something. Middlebrooks might want to keep me on after I’m done with my punishment.”
I arch a brow. “You’re still working for her? Are you ever going to tell me what you did?”
“I beat Caisson Armand within an inch of his life.”
I give him a double-take. “Seriously?”
“Yeah. He had it coming.”
“What did he do?”
Bash’s expression storms over. “He was picking on a first-year who rejected his advances. Was really out of line. I had to put him in his place, and he didn’t learn his lesson after the first few punches, so I did what I had to. He hasn’t bothered another mermaid since.”
My heart swells. How anyone could’ve punished Bash for standing up for that is beyond me. I take possession of his mouth and show him how much I appreciate him, even if nobody else does. He pulls me close, rests his hands on the small of my back, and moans. I place my palms on his chest and feel his heart beating rapidly.
He pulls away and stares at me with a dazed look in his eyes. “We should get outta here.”
I cup his chin and notice the other customers around us.
Bash takes my hand and leads me outside toward his bike, but I pull him off the path and pin him to the wall. “Let’s pick up where we left off now that we have some privacy.” I trail kisses from his ear to his lips. “You look hot.” I undo his top button and reach for the next one.
He moves my hand and scoots away. “We should get back to the dorm before you miss curfew.”
“My dad’s the king. Pretty sure I can get out of any trouble.”
His face pales at the mention of my dad.
“What’s going on?”
