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“Mr. Collins, if you think you could teach my class better than I, please be my guest,” the professor’s voice booms throughout the room. The other students snigger as he turns to face us, and the cut of his condescending glare has Brantley squirming in his seat.
“Well?” he says with a mocking tone. The superiority of the asshole has my upper lip curling into a snarl and I throw daggers his way with my gaze.
“Sorry, sir,” Brant mutters his apology as he slouches back in his seat. I scoff at the whole thing, and the professor’s gaze snaps to mine.
“Problem, Mr. Chambers?” he snaps between gritted teeth.
“No, sir, I’m just patiently waiting for you to continue to draw stick men on the board and explain to us the fundamental attributes we need to succeed in the business world,” I say with my own mocking tone. His cheeks tinge red and I chuckle. Gasps fill the air along with some chuckles from the row behind me, Brantley cuts me with a glare like I’ve lost my damn mind.
“Principal’s office now!” he booms, slamming his palm on the desk, his nostrils flaring. I slowly climb to my feet, a smirk on my face.
“Now, sir, are you needing to talk to a therapist?” I ask with a look of concern. “Anger issues are a real issue in fine establishments like this one.”
“Get out!”
“See you on the flip side,” I say to Brantley, and his eyes widen as I two finger salute him, then shove my belongings in my bag. I chuckle as I make my way down the steps to the front of the class, mutters breaking out around me. The professor is bright red with nostrils flaring as he glares at me.
I burst out laughing as the door softly clicks behind me, and the professor roars at the class to bring their attention back to his lesson. I turn and look through the door, my eyes meeting Brantley’s and he’s still open mouthed with shock. I smirk at him; he shakes his head in return. I take off down the corridor, whistling a tune, my steps feeling heavy as my soles slap against the floor. The sound echoes around the stairwell as I head down to the lower floor where the Principal’s office is located.
The sky is gray as I step out of the stairwell, the open front of the corridor has the quad stretching out before me, opening up everything to the elements. It looks like it’s going to start raining any moment. I take in the silence of the Academy with everyone being in their lessons and it feels tranquil, I’m not one to enjoy being surrounded by a lot of bodies. A flash of black catches my attention, and I track the body rushing through the other end of the grass, heading toward the building where the gym is housed.
I know it’s Shadow without having to see her face, because nobody can sculk around better than her. If she doesn’t want you to know she’s there, you won’t. I look left, to the direction I need to go to get to the office, then right, and I watch as the door swings closed behind her.
Fuck it, I hike my bag higher onto my shoulder and take off in her direction. If I can talk to her and work out this shit between us, it will make it so much easier to keep her out of the clutches of the assholes. My strides eat up the ground, and I get to the other building just as the first light drop of rain lands on my head. I yank the door open, stepping in on lighter feet. The floor in here is really fucking squeaky and I don’t want to alert her to my presence just yet, I want to see why she’s here instead of in the class she’s meant to be in.
I slowly make my way deeper into the building, when I hear the banging of metal. I lean forward slightly, keeping my body hidden behind the door and look through the glass that leads to the girls’ locker room. I watch, mesmerized, as she rips her shirt off over her head, her tanned skin gleaming under the fluorescent lights like my own personal beacon. She pulls down her pants next, her ass taunting me with the small piece of fabric she has on that disappears in between her ass cheeks. My dick instantly jumps to attention as I take her in, and she turns, her whole body glowing under the light. The urge to rush through the door, pin her against the wall, and fuck her senseless until she screams my name loud enough for the whole school to hear, has my hand twitching against the door handle.
The urges dissipate into nothing when I look at her properly, her skin is splotchy and her eyes are red rimmed and puffy. I continue to watch her as she stands there in nothing but her underwear, her eyes empty like she’s staring into an abyss of nothingness. I gently open the door, bracing myself for the moment it alerts her to me being here, but the door is silent as it swings open under my hand. As I quietly step into the room, she sniffles and wipes at her nose, tears pooling in her eyes. It’s too much for me to just stand here and watch her, so I rush forward, wrapping my arms around her and pull her against my body in a bone crushing hug when the door slams behind me.
“Shadow?” I ask, my voice quiet, trying not to startle her. The bang of the door has her jumping back out of my hold, her eyes wide as her head snaps up and our eyes connect.
“What the fuck are you doing?” she snaps, taking another step back so she’s leaning against the locker door.
“Why are you crying?” I ask, the thought of someone hurting her has me wanting to burn this place down, the sadness in her hollow expression guts me. I step forward, and she jumps away from me. I growl as she glares at me with her arms folded.
“What the fuck do you want, asshole?” she growls, pulling herself up and squaring her shoulders as she lifts her head and looks down the length of her nose at me. The action would make anyone feel small, but seeing her look at me like the rest of them do has me wanting to punch the wall.
“I want to know who I have to hurt for making you cry,” I growl, taking a step closer, my anger spiking as she steps away from me again. “Dammit, Shadow, I want to ease the hurt in your eyes, stop moving away from me.”
“Fuck off, Kylo, I don’t want you here,” she pushes through gritted teeth, turning her back on me.
“Tough shit, I’m here and I’m not going fucking anywhere. Now tell me what the fuck is going on!” I demand, my hands trembling from anger as I struggle to keep my face soft so I don’t make her heighten the walls she already has in place.
“I don’t need a white knight to come and save me!” She screams, her face turning bright red as her chest heaves with anger. “Even if I did, it would never be you.”
“You don’t get a choice in the matter, Shadow, you are mine and I plan on keeping it that way,” I say, folding my arms as my own heart rate kicks up a notch. The anger shimmering in her eyes has an uneasy feeling growing in my stomach, the venom in her voice is cutting.
“I don’t want anything to do with you or anyone else for that matter,” she screams, her eyes wild. “We fucked, that’s it. Honestly, it wasn’t the best either, I’ve had better orgasms with my vibrator.”
I charge forward, wrapping my hand around her throat as I walk her backwards, until I hear her back connect with the lockers. “That’s bullshit, Shadow, we both know it,” I growl in her face, my anger is on the verge of going catatonic. “Don’t keep pushing, Shadow, you won’t like what you see.”
She grips my wrist, her hold harsh as she pushes forward, forcing more pressure into my grasp. I narrow my eyes at her and rumble a warning as her head tilts further back, a smirk gracing her face, and darkness shines within the depths of her eyes. She lashes out, and I stumble back, coughing as I stare at her with raised brows.
“I don’t like what I see anyway, Lux was full of shit when she told me to give into you,” she rumbles, rubbing at her neck. “You’re just like the fucking rest of them, wanting the prize cow from the auction.”
I don’t say anything, my eyes never leave her as she starts pacing in front of me. “But, do you want to know one thing, Kylo?” she drawls my name mockingly, and my teeth grind together hearing the tone she’s using. It’s like what we did at the party was bullshit, and my stomach turns as my voices scream at me to abort mission. The uneasy feeling I had in my gut earlier is pulsating like it’s a damn parasite. “What?”
“Warrick fucks me better,” she says with triumph.
