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“Fine,” I state, feeling a twinge of victory when I see their shocked faces. “Let’s move.”
Alistair gives me that half smile I adore and pushes off from the counter he is leaning against. “Right now?”
“Why not? Fewer people around.”
“Good point,” Ben murmurs.
With a decisive nod, I head back upstairs to gather my books, laptop and notepad and meet them back downstairs. They’re armed and dangerous.
I don’t bother to ask if it’s necessary. I fucking know it is, so I hold my hand out.
“What?” Alistair asks, all innocence.
“I want that knife back. Which one of you fuckers picked it up?”
Charlie raises his hand like a naughty schoolboy. “You ready for such a fierce weapon, my pretty?”
“Give it. It’s mine, I want it.”
“Yours?” Alistair asks with a smirk. “It’s actually mine.”
“Consider it a gift for the woman who gets your dick wet, then.”
He chokes back a laugh as admiration fills his eyes. “Feisty today, aren’t you, angel?”
“I’m done fucking around. Ever Knight is not a victim.”
“No, she’s fucking perfect,” he murmurs, swooping in to gather me in his arms to kiss fiercely, bruising my lips. “Time to get my dick wet?”
“Later,” I respond, pushing him back with a sassy smile.
“Tease.”
“I’m good for it,” I murmur, my cheeks flushing at the heated look in his eyes.
“Here,” Charlie says, holding out the badass knife. “But only if I also get a dick-wetting later?”
“I won’t leave you out.”
“There’s my good girl,” he purrs, his gaze darkening with lust.
“Let’s go before we forget what we need to do,” I say, half-wishing we could stay here and forget everything but us. But the other half needs answers.
We leave the house through the hidden door under the stairs, the air immediately cooler as we step into the shadowy passage.
This is it. I’m calling the shots now, leading them through the darkness towards knowledge, towards power. It’s empowering, invigorating, and I have to say, it’s very arousing. Even passing through the horror chamber doesn’t get to me today. I’m flying on a high, determined to be whatever it is they need me to be, only better.
We appear in the library, the smell of old paper and leather greeting us like an old friend as Alistair pushes the bookcase open. We file out in silence, and he closes it again behind us.
“What do you need?” Ben asks all business. This is his domain as much as it is mine.
“I’ll be at the genealogy section,” I say. “I don’t need help or interference; it’ll just slow me down. If you insist on being here, stay quiet and out of my way.”
“Yes, Ma’am,” Charlie snickers with a mock salute.
Returning his grin, I head off, the guys melting into the shadows around me, protectors of the queen of KnightsGate University’s darkest secret.
As I stride through the library’s silent corridors, my footsteps hushed against the plush carpet, the place smells of dust and old leather, a scent that seeps into my skin, reminding me there are centuries of knowledge housed within these walls. I can almost hear the whispers of history trapped between the pages of each tome, making me shiver with delight.
