Three Kinds of Wicked by May Dawson

Author:May Dawson [Dawson, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

22

“Where do you want to go?” Cax asks me. “There are a few places open past midnight in town.”

“Anywhere,” I say. “I need a break.”

“Well, if you need a break, I’m here for you,” he says. “I’m the fun one in our strange little band.”

“Are you?” I ask archly.

He grins. “I’ll prove it to you.”

“I’ll hold you to it.”

Together, we head down the winding brick trails toward town. The night is chilly, as if fall is already seeping into the air. When I shiver, Cax whips off his jacket and throws it around my shoulders.

I glance up at him, breathing in his cologne and the deep scent of the leather. “Aren’t you going to be cold?”

He rubs his arms with his hands. “Freezing. But gallantly.”

“I don’t want to take something of yours.” I let the jacket slide off my shoulders to catch it in my hand.

“Bad news.” He reaches into his jeans pocket. “Because that reminds me. Mycroft mentioned you have a funding problem?”

“No,” I say.

“No, Mycroft didn’t mention it, or no, you don’t have a funding problem?”

I pull a face, because of course, both things are true. “I don’t want your money.”

“And I don’t want my mother’s money, but it’s so very convenient for buying things.” He snags one of my belt loops, pulling me toward him so that our hips bump, and slides a stiff cardboard bank book into my jeans pocket. “Half my allowance is deposited into your account automatically. If you still feel badly, think about the ridiculousness of my exorbitant allowance, when I should be a real grown-up with a job in just a year, and it should ease your conscience.”

The thought of him leaving campus jolts me. “That’s right. In May, you guys will all graduate.”

“Another reason not to date upperclassmen. It’s pointless.” He flashes a mischievous grin that makes me think he knows damn well I’ve kissed Airren. Strange. Airren doesn’t seem like the type to kiss and tell.

“Noted. I’d never date you anyway.”

He mimes a dagger to the heart.

“You’re Stelly’s brother!” I say. “And she’s, ah…”

“Your best friend in the world?”

“It hasn’t even been a week.”

“Well, Stelly works fast. You might have noticed, she’s a passionate creature.” He cocks his head at me. “If not your best friend…your only friend in the world?”

“What are you, Airren, and Mycroft?”

“We’re your friends, but come on.” He snags my other belt loop, on the far side of my hip this time, and once again pulls our bodies close together. His fingers rest casually on my hip. My heart speeds up, but only because the warmth of his touch ignites something in me. “You know it’s different.”

“The three of you are best friends.”

“That means we know how to get along.” He winks at me, and the mischief in that grin crinkles his eyes at the edges in a way that makes me want to kiss him too.

I find myself smiling as I turn my gaze on the walkway winding down the hill toward town. His words keep playing in my head.

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