Demon Marked: Shadowguard Academy Book 2 by Samantha Britt

Author:Samantha Britt [Britt, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

I instantly recognize the muscular male from Victor’s party. He wears expensive trousers and a tight button-down shirt, opened slightly at the base of his throat. It’s far more relaxed than the tuxedo he wore last time. With his artfully messy blonde hair and tanned skin, I can’t deny it suits him.

I look over his shoulders, searching for the two shifters who’d acted like his bodyguards the last I saw him. But the shifter is alone if you don’t count the arriving supernaturals. Most of whom are casting curious glances our way as they move to enter the museum.

“Your eyes are rather stunning.”

My attention snaps back to the werewolf, and the odd timing of the compliment doesn’t escape my notice.

“Thanks. They’re my mom’s.” I don’t know what possesses me to say the words, but I can’t take them back now.

“Indeed.” He breaks into a smile, and I see sharp canines. It’s funny… werewolves and vampires are more similar than they think. They’re both predators, designed to tear through flesh with relative ease, and both species sport out-of-this-world good looks. Thank goodness they’re regulated by the Shadowguard and from within their own communities. Otherwise, humans would make easy prey.

I take a breath and remind myself to keep my cool. I can’t even feel unease. As a shifter, he’ll be able to smell my emotions as easily as others can read them.

I adopt a bored expression and pretend to straighten out my gown’s skirt.

“What’s your name?”

“Aspen Van der Klay.” Everyone who was at Victor’s party or heard about it knows my true name. There’s no point in trying to conceal it now.

Which makes me believe he asked the question so it would make it easier for me to ask, “What’s yours?”

His smile grows. “Gage.”

“Gage,” I repeat, wracking my brain for any memory involving a shifter named Gage. Nothing comes to mind.

“You do not know of me?” His smile falters.

I shake my head. “Should I?”

As quickly as it disappears, his smile returns. “Ah, that’s right. I remember now. You’re an academy student. You’ve not been privileged enough to learn of me or my people in great detail.”

It’s a privilege to learn about lycans?

Aiming not to insult the massive man currently blocking me from reaching the gala, I dip my chin. “Yes. I’m a first year student at St. Michael’s.”

He whistles appreciatively. “St. Michael’s… that’s impressive. You must have notable connections.”

I tilt my head and give him a look.

The Van der Klay name is one of the more recognizable Guardian surnames in North America. I don’t delude myself into thinking I would’ve been admitted to St. Michael’s without it.

Either Gage and his shifter community aren’t in tune with the goings on of Shadowguard society, or they just don’t care. I’m not quite sure which is more likely.

“Looks like I’m not the only one who hasn’t been privileged enough to learn of me or my people.”

Gage tilts his head back and roars. The raucous laughter draws even more attention than before, and it takes everything within me to not try to escape the unexpected attention.

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