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“Let me guess,” I announce before he can begin. “I’m going to be some teacher’s pet, smart ass, who thinks she’s almighty and is only here because her sister went missing,” I summarize.
“Anyone who’s a fool to play around with you is just insulting the gods,” he declares, leaving all of us to stare back at him.
“Uh… what?” That wasn’t what I was expecting.
“Hades does that,” Asher confesses. “He has the ability to see things the shadows show him. It’s why he always knows what’s happening around the school. Think of it as though the shadows whisper info to him.”
“That sounds like a blessing and a curse,” Azrael admits.
“It is,” Hades admits but is still looking at me. “Be careful today. A few want you dead before sundown.”
“Fun,” I comment and dare to smile.
He smirks.
“I like her.”
“No,” Asher groans. “You can’t like her. That means I have competition, and there’s already a line!” He points to Azrael. “Don’t crush on her either.”
“Who said I was crushing on her?” Azrael asks.
“Don’t deny when she touched your scar, you were having butterflies fluttering in your stomach.”
“That’s what happens with women, Asher,” Blair points out and offers her hand. “I’m Blair, by the way. Nice to see you this morning.”
“Oh.” He blinks and stares at her hand. With a pout, he slowly works on shaking her hand. “Hey.”
“How do you go from a cocky ass to a shy fucker in three seconds?” Azrael ponders.
“Listen, I don’t talk to women, okay?”
“You speak to Ophelia just fine,” Azrael points out.
“I-It’s different! I love her.”
“And she’s a female,” Hades points out the obvious.
“Don’t join this!” Asher whines. “I’ll lose if you gang up on me.”
“Right,” he dismisses him. “Are we going to class? The seats fill up fast.”
“Are you going to let me sit next to you for once?” Asher inquires.
“No.”
“Boo,” Asher sighs in defeat.
“Azrael should sit with Blair,” he encourages.
“Why?” Asher ponders.
“It’ll help.”
That’s all he says.
We all share a look.
“I don’t mind,” Blair admits with a smile. “I wouldn’t mind sitting next to someone I know, though I was going to sit with Ophelia.”
