Academy of Beasts XXXI by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

I gave Ren the coldest look I could muster. I’d been giving him the cold shoulder since yesterday. After he blabbed about my incident when I begged him not to. Still pissed, I would have rather not see his face for a while. As luck would have it, we were paired to patrol ourselves on the walls. Dracus was off to... none of us knew where. Serious business, he had called it. Enrique was charged with patrolling the campus grounds. Jasper was back at the cabin where Theo and I had been attacked, hoping to find some clue of whether the recent killings were connected to Dante. Theo was in a nearby village where there were murmurs about some mysterious newcomer.

The thought of Theo going to that village alone almost had me breaking out in hives. What if it was Dante? Theo shouldn’t take him on alone. But the team was spread thin. With things being kept hushed, we couldn’t bring anyone in. Not even campus security really knew why council members were patrolling outside the walls. That was their job. Hopefully, we could snag that poisonous serpent Dante soon so things could go back to normal... normal by our standards, anyway.

“You think you can give me the cold shoulder forever?” Ren’s question was laced with amusement and it irritated the hell out of me.

Holding up my night vision binoculars―because I didn’t have the luxury of impeccable nocturnal shifter sight―I peered into the distance, ignoring him. He stepped in front of me and I huffed. “Real mature, Ren. We’re working. How about keeping this professional?”

“There’s no one out here but us.”

“So what? Doesn’t mean we should just stand here and chat.”

He plucks the binoculars from my fingers. “Fiona, please just talk to me. You know I’ll hear anything and anyone coming so relax.”

I looked skyward. “I don’t want to. I’ll go check out the left side again, you can stay here.” I didn’t get far. He had my arm in a firm yet gentle grip.

“Fiona, I hate it when you don’t talk to me.”

“That’s funny considering that you’re such a lone wolf.”

He scowled. “I make an exception for your company.”

His eyes were moving over my face, beseechingly. He almost wore me down. Chin jutting out, I harrumphed. “Well, I’m not out here to keep you company, Ren. I’m doing my job as a council member. I suggest you do the same.” Tugging out of his hold, I stomped off.

Teasing laughter danced around me the further I marched away. Damn him for being amused. I’d wandered further from the wall, not really looking for anything. If Ren said there was no one in the vicinity, I believed him. Plus, I hadn’t picked up any extra energy. The coast seemed to be clear. For now.

I stopped and leaned against a tree trunk. My mood was so down in the dumps, I wasn’t even creeped out about standing alone in the dark. A gust of wind caressed my skin and ruffled my hair.

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