Academy of Beasts III by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning [Fanning, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gizmo Media

Chapter 9

Another battle brewed that night. I stood in the doorway of the bathroom, clad in my bathrobe, and stared at the scene in my bedroom. My wet hair underneath the towel wrapped on my head was sending water droplets down my neck.

Enrique rifled through my wardrobe. Theo flicked through the books on my desk. Ren lounged on my bed, his hands behind his head. He appeared to be sleeping. How thoughtful of my bodyguard to allow everyone inside of my room.

“What exactly is happening?” I asked in a tired voice. All I wanted was to climb into bed. We’d come up from dinner, and I’d spent the last two hours doing homework. Blissfully, I took my allotted twenty minutes in the bathroom. And now?

This.

“Are you naked under there?” Enrique asked.

I glared at him. “Get out.”

“We came to save you from Ren,” Theo announced and threw a book at Enrique’s head. It nearly struck the blonde, but he snatched it from the air at the last moment. Something red and lacy was in his hand with the book —a pair of my underwear. I sucked in a weary breath.

“Enrique, put them back.”

“I’m researching,” he protested but placed them back in their drawer. “I was the one who helped stock your room, by the way.”

“Then you know what’s in here,” I muttered and pinched the bridge of my nose. Actually, a night alone with quiet Ren was preferable. Theo paged through my notebook. Luckily, my secret diary was hidden at the back of my desk drawer, far from their prying eyes.

“We have a quiz tomorrow?” he asked. “In Mechanics?”

“Chat with the old guys and miss it,” Enrique said as he shut my door. Ren glared fiercely at him, and Enrique snapped his mouth. I raised an eyebrow, but said nothing, walking over to the desk.

“Yes,” I said and pointed at what I’d written in my planner. “Chapter eighteen.” What had Enrique meant by old guys? Maybe he was talking about the teachers. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Council boys had special relationships with the professors. Or the Dean, for that matter. That’s how they probably got out of most of the student requirements.

“It’s late,” Ren announced. Enrique sat on the edge of the bed and swatted Ren’s foot.

“Don’t be such a bummer, man.”

“That’s Ren’s dream. To be a bummer forever,” Theo said with a grin. I studied the three of them. How was it that they seemed to get along while continually fighting with one another? I remembered being told that Theo had a tough time with Enrique at first…and yet, they acted like chummy brothers. Semi-violent chummy brothers, but brothers, nonetheless. I used to think Ren was removed from them, but even he had a place among their ranks. His scowl seemed boyish among them as he reclined against the bed.

It wasn’t my hormones or my imagination.

They were a family.

My heart sank heavily.

And then there was me. I frowned, toying with the edge of my planner and pretending to look through it.

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