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That’s it.
In one swift motion, I pulled Venom from her sheath at my thigh and aimed her toward Wolf’s chest with a cry of frustration. Nobody was going to get in my way of completing this mission. Not Wolf, not anyone.
But just as quickly, Wolf’s unbelievably powerful hand stopped me. His fingers wrapped around my wrist, just a few inches from his chest, and squeezed to the point of pain.
He twisted his grip, sending my dagger scattering across the floor and my body falling against his. Hard.
I gasped as he pinned my body flush against his. The amusement that lingered on his face before was long gone, now replaced by a flash of both shock and anger.
“Don’t ever,” he snarled, his lips curling to reveal those perfect predator teeth, not as sharp as a vampyre’s but certainly sharper than the fae, “do that again. I don’t think Headmistress will appreciate you breaking her number one rule.”
He held me there a second longer, and my body heated at our proximity. I had been this close to males many times during training, but this was different. It was intimate and brutal and so, so wrong.
“Get away from me,” I whispered before shoving at his chest, forcing him to release me.
“Trust me, Huntress. I have my own motivations for surviving Moira. I have no plans to crawl into your bed late at night, as much as you may dream of it.”
I nearly choked. “Then do us both a favor and mind your own business.”
He smiled, but this one beheld no niceties. “Gladly. See you tonight at The Blessing,roommate.” His jaw tightened as he sauntered out of the room, going goddess knows where. But with him out of the space, I could finally breathe. This was an unexpected challenge, but it was nothing that would interfere with my orders.
Survive Moira. Make it to The Golden City.
Rooming with the only damn angel in this academy would not help me keep my head down. But maybe nobody noticed, maybe nobody saw us walking to the end of the hall.
I waited a few seconds, ensuring Wolf was gone, before cracking the door back open and peering down the hallway.
Only to be met with dozens of eyes doing the same, staring right back at me in awe as if they had just watched Wolf exit from this same room.
Great, just great.
I shut the door and squeezed my eyes shut, trying to settle my racing heart. This wasn’t me. I wasn’t the person who got flustered by arrogant pricks. I was focused, determined.
This was a minuscule, non-existent bump in my plan. A blip on my roadmap to success. It would not change anything, and it sure as all hells would not affect my mission.
I walked over to my bed and opened my bag, pulling out the two extra sets of clothing I brought with me. They were simple, easy. They wouldn’t get in my way. A small leather tie that Rummy gave me lay in the bottom of the bag. She was always insisting I tied my black curls away from my eyes, something I wholeheartedly agreed with.
I picked the tie up and pulled my messy, unmanaged locks away from my face. The cool air instantly hit my neck, soothing the heated skin there.
From the stress of the new environment,I reminded myself.Not from the damn angel.
A knock on my door made me jump. I pressed against it instantly, a hand hovering over Venom.
“Who’s there?” I asked.
A light, annoyingly cheerful voice responded, “It’s Ashlani! Open up!”
Deciding anyone who sounded that chipper would likely not attempt to kill me, I opened the door.
Ashlani stood expectantly with a hand on her hip. Her doe eyes batted at me as she quickly looked me up and down, pausing only for a second at my hand still hovering over my weapon.
“Hey there,” she started. “I was coming to see if you wanted to head to Blessing with us tonight.”
“Um, why?” I asked.
She shrugged. For a place that trained people on how to be deadly and fierce, she seemed much too nice. “We’re going to be living together, so we might as well be friends.”
“I don’t think making friends is such a good idea.”
