Bane of Hades (Guardian Academy Book 1) by Rae Hendricks

Author:Rae Hendricks [Hendricks, Rae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hydra Productions Online LLC
Published: 2020-09-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

"Sound of heartbeats, breathing’s drawn

Tasting your temptation

My dark embraces revelation."

~ Nosferatu

For over a week, Jak and have been seeing each other in some form or fashion. A smile and nod in the hall, brush of our hands in the lunch line, nights in my room getting so close but then stopping because neither of us wants to move too fast and have regrets.

I've seen him open up in a way never would have thought, learning so much about his life before he was a Lycan, and I can kind of see were he’s coming from with his fake glasses and antisocial behavior. Like me, he also had a single mother most of his life, up until after he was turned. That’s when his mother found someone to settle down with and share the craziness of her life with. But it often left Jak in the dust.

I don’t know why we aren’t really together in public. It has been discussed, and I'm still earning his trust which he doesn’t give out much. I don’t want to ruin what we have by demanding anything or asking an awkward question. Not everything is black and white in romance anymore, and I don’t want to be 'that' girl.

Today, as I enter the cafeteria, I wear some jeans for the first time in a while, but they have severed purposeful holes in them and frays and are skintight. They accentuate everything, and I’m not disappointed when I catch Jak looking over from his table where he already has his breakfast, his eyes roaming up and down before giving me a wink.

A tingle runs through my body as I get in line to grab breakfast, always thinking of him, though I should know better. Of all people, I should know it’s the moment you let your guard down when the worst things happen.

"Hey, Hellspawn." I don’t have to turn around and check to know the voice means me. Hellspawn, traitor's daughter, daughter of the underworld...the names don’t get much more creative than that. They never care to use Ember, even if they share classes with me and know exactly who I am.

"I'm just in line to get food. Please, leave me alone. I don’t want any trouble," I say calmly, trying to stop something before it starts. I can almost feel his energy, the one whose voice spoke to me, raging behind me and ready to strike.

Layla snakes up next to me on one side, Holly on the other.

It’s all of them, and this is about to get nasty.

Holly touches my hair, causing icicles to hang off the ends of the strands, making my head feel heavy. I'll have a shit ton of split ends once these fall off too because that’s likely the only way to get rid of them. Still, I ignore her and move up in the line, getting close to where I can get a tray. Surely, they'll leave me alone by then once they see I’m not going to play into their hands.

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