Dark Gods: An Academy Bully Romance (Academy of the Gods Book 1) by River Ramsey

Author:River Ramsey [Ramsey, River]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-24T05:00:00+00:00

12

Hades

It was Sunday night, so I was in the boys' dorm lounge with Loki, Fenrir and half a dozen sycophants shooting billiards and getting drunk. Ariadne approached me, her dark hair framing her face in a freshly cut bob and her cheeks already flushed with booze.

"Hey," she said in a sultry little voice, her hand crawling up my arm as I leaned back in my throne. Well, luxury recliner, but same difference. It was mine and everyone else knew better than to touch it. Even Loki, who was half-conscious on the settee next to mine, staring off at whatever hallucinations the herbs he'd just smoked were conjuring on the ceiling.

"What do you want?" I asked boredly. I didn't hit on drunk girls, and Ariadne was last semester's news anyway. I registered the disappointment in her blue eyes at my chilly response, but it was kinder than leading her along. She'd known going into our brief fling last year that it could never lead to anything remotely serious, but that never stopped them from pining.

I wondered if my bride-to-be had any idea that every girl in school had already hated her before she transferred in, and well before she became the White Rabbit.

Then again, she was probably just arrogant enough to think she'd earned all that ire with her wit and charm.

"I was just wondering if you had any more of those herbs?" she asked timidly, nodding to Loki.

I snorted, reaching into my jacket for a small plastic pouch. She reached for it and I pulled it back at the last moment. "I need you to do something for me."

"Anything," she said, the word a breathy sigh on her plump pink lips.

"You sit next to Kore in second period, don't you?" I already knew the answer, but she didn't need to know how closely I'd been watching my betrothed.

The disappointment was plain in her gaze, but she nodded.

"I want you to get close to her," I said, taking another swig of honeymeade since I was already losing my buzz.

Her eyes widened. "But she's the White Rabbit. If people think we're close..."

"You'll be protected," I assured her.

"What do you want me to do to her?" she asked warily.

"Nothing. I just need you to gain her trust. Learn as much about her and report back to me." My gaze softened and I cupped her face in my hand. She melted immediately. "Can you do that for me, Ariadne?"

"Of course I can," she said urgently.

"Good girl." I tucked the pouch into the pocket of her blazer and sent her off. She staggered a little, looking back at me forlornly.

If I had a soul, I probably would have felt sorry for her. I knew that lovesick look well enough, but that ship had sailed a long time ago. The closest thing to love I was capable of was what I felt toward the other members of the Triad, and even that was a fickle, changeable thing that ebbed and flowed like the tide. Some days I hated them just like I hated everyone else, but never quite as much as I hated myself.

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