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“Oh shit.” He looked and then shook his head. “I forgot to grab it.”
“Are you going to get into trouble?” I asked, worried about what this would do to him, me, us.
He shook his head no. “I’ll tell them I was looking for weapons in that storage room.” He looked beyond us and said, “But maybe you should walk a bit ahead, go in before me. I don’t want your reputation to be in question because I’m shirtless and you’re… a bit… disheveled.”
I gulped and nodded, but that hurt. He didn’t want to be seen with me. He attempted to smooth my hair, but I pushed both of my hands into it and tied the back in a knot. I said a quick spell, expecting it to totally fail, but it worked for a change and my hair stayed in place. I was so relaxed and satisfied that I didn’t even realize I hadn’t asked if he… also experienced the relief of a release until I opened the door to my room and slipped in quietly. My roommate was sleeping like a corpse. The eye mask and product combined with the statuesque pose gave me the creeps, but I was a bit too high on the orgasm endorphins to care much about more than a shower.
Once I crawled into bed, I reached back and rubbed the spot where he had poked me in the ass. He did that. As a gargoyle, he let me back right into him and…huh. Where did I read something about…whatever. I had other things to focus on. I’d find out soon enough if Braz was going to be more than my defensive arts tutor. If what we did was going to be our little secret. If what we do would be our little secret. I nodded. Yes. I liked that idea better. Keeping this to ourselves. Whatever it would lead to, I could finally have something of my own to look forward to. I wasn’t exactly sure how my father would take knowing I was… what? Hooking up? With a unique paranormal being.
I rolled to my side and faced the wall.What am I doing?I just met him. He… oh but he made me feel sooooo very good for the first time in my life. I wasn’t thinking about anything but chasing that feeling. And if he wanted to give me orgasms of epic proportions this year, well. I was going to let him.
CHAPTER8
Brazrothan
“You okay, man?”Thirst asked as I settled into the chair in the common area of our room. This would normally house three or four of us, but they had plenty of rooms. They only made us double up just to remind us this was college not our personal playground. Though in many ways this had been exactly that for a group of us. Nothing major, just pranks and rowdy excursions into forbidden places such as the woods.
“Yeah. Sure. Of course. Why?” I should have stopped at one word.
He snickered and said, “Okay then.”
In true brothers by other mothers and fathers, for that matter, he got up and went to bed. But not before patting me on my shoulder and saying, “Lucky.”
Yeah. I was always known for my luck. How was it lucky?
Let me count the ways:
I’m a paranormal species anomaly, so the likelihood of me finding a mate like me… yeah right. Not lucky.
I’m Eleanor’s tutor.And her mate.
Dammit! Stop that.
“Stop what?” Thirst asked.
“Nothing. Sorry.” I leaned forward putting my elbows on my knees and my hands on my face. I closed my eyes and mentally said to myself, stop that.
I could have sworn I just laughed at myself, but I might have heard Thirst laughing at me from the adjacent room. The arch did nothing to separate the sleeping from the living space.
I got up, gathered my things, and headed to the showers. I could use an ice cold one about now.
As I walked, I continued my list. Lists made me feel like I had at least some form of plan, control, something.
She’s a freshman. She has four years here and I have two left.So two years together and then I could teach or— STOP THAT!
She’s a witch and I’m… a fucking mess. That is what I am. A fucking mess.
I gave up on the list and indulged in the absolute coldest shower the water would provide for several minutes before actually cleaning up. I didn’t touch the soap until her scent was completely gone from my senses. I opened my mouth, tilting my head back and letting the water fill it several times until I could barely taste her on my tongue. All the nodules slowly receded once she was clear of those giant taste buds and I began to feel more like the monster I knew myself to be.
Precision and planning were two things I prided myself on and what I had done this evening was neither planned or precise. I let the flash of memory at her almost face planting into the wall filter in and shook my head. Smooth, Braz.Real smoo-ooh shit.She called me that. Braz. I didn’t have a nickname. Everyone just called me Patrick. Braz. I liked it. Liked that she said it. That she didn’t see me as a teammate, a buddy, a—
“Fuck’s sake. Is the heat out?” Caesar, one of the debate team members had just slapped my ass. He went several down and turned the water on. No doubt as hot as it would go. I typically did that too. My inner demon was not pleased with this shower, but my gargoyle and my hormones were finally settled.
“No, jackass. I just wanted to cool off.” I soaped up and moved the dial to warm, not hot for a change.
“You missed it.” He was loud, so I knew whatever it was it was something I should have been with my friends to see.
“What?” I asked, indulging him.
