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Audrey

M onday morning finds me assisting Nex with his classes. He’s still teaching the same relearning your magic and abilities class.

Besides telling me good morning, he hasn’t spoken to me at all. I’m already over it.

I had lunch with my mates, which was nice, but now I have to deal with my asshole mate again. Because I don’t want to deal with him, I drag my feet on my way back to his classroom, and I’m almost late.

Stepping into the room, my eyes immediately find Nex, who’s sitting at his desk. His eyes meet mine for a moment before he forces them away as he stands.

I scowl as I hurry to the front of the room and take his seat. He’s kindly left the papers I need to grade on his desk. I’ll do that until it’s time for the students to practice. There’s nothing I can do until then.

“Yes, Wren?”

My head lifts, eyes quickly finding my twin sitting in the front row with her hand raised.

She grins at me before turning her attention back to Nex. “Is it true that some students end up much more powerful than when they were alive?”

Nex’s shoulders tense, and I know he wants to glance back at me but refuses to allow himself to.

“Yes, Wren. There are some who will have more magic or abilities than they had when they were alive. The opposite can also be true. Some students find themselves with significantly less magic or it remains the same. No two students are the same—not even siblings.”

I smirk when Wren shoots me a wink. I’m not totally sure why she asked him that. She already knows it’s true. Not only did I tell her that, but I’m fairly certain Nex goes over it during the first class.

“Does anyone else have questions before I begin?” Nex glances around the room, and when no one raises their hands, he begins his lecture.

Class flies by, especially when I get to leave the papers behind to help anyone who’s struggling with calling their magic. All the students in this particular class have been here for less than a week, and only one of them has been able to use their magic so far. That means Nex and I stay pretty busy, but I do manage to help another student call on their vampiric abilities just before the end of class.

“Are you trying to cause trouble, Wren?” I ask at the end of class as she’s packing up her things.

She grins up at me. “Nope. Just reminding him you were in the room since he seemed intent on ignoring you.”

Rolling my eyes, I glance over my shoulder to find him sitting at his desk once more. “Yeah. He’s been doing that all day. He told me good morning just before the first class, but it’s been crickets since then.”

“You should talk to him,” she urges me, and I nod.

“I’m planning to, but not until after our last class. Thirty minutes isn’t long enough—especially since students tend to start trickling in just after the last class has been released.” I nod my head toward the door. “Case in point. Professor Novak is the ‘hot professor’ that they all want to flirt with. Although, apparently, Brenden is dealing with it now, too. Hopefully, I won’t have to scratch out any eyes or beat someone’s ass for hitting on what’s mine.”

Wren laughs. “Are you talking about Brenden or your reluctant mate?”

I shrug. “Why choose? Come on, I’ll walk you to your next class. It’s better than sitting in here while he ignores me.”

When I make it back to Nex’s classroom, it’s only two minutes until the next class starts. He’s already standing at the front of the room, so I move behind his desk and get back to work on the papers.

There are fewer people in this class as they’re nearing the end of their six months. Their finals are scheduled for Wednesday of next week, so there’s very little help needed from me.

As soon as Nex releases the class, he quickly starts to pack up. He’s probably trying to run away before I can talk to him, but I’m not going to let that happen.

I knew he’d try this shit, which is why I’m standing at the door when the last student exits. I flick the lock and start down the stairs toward him.

“In a hurry?” I ask.

He doesn’t even look up as he nods. “Yes. I promised some of the other professors that I would eat dinner with them tonight.”

I hum. “Isn’t that nice of you?”

“Believe it or not, I have friends here,” he says, lifting his bag onto his shoulder and stepping toward the door.

He frowns when I step in his path, his eyes finally meeting mine. He shakes his head, trying to step around me, but I move with him.

“What are you doing, Audrey?” His voice is dripping with exasperation. If he’d spoken to me like this before my final, I would’ve felt like an idiot—which is what he’s trying to make me feel like.

But now I know his play. Too bad for him.

“We still have a conversation to finish,” I inform him, crossing my arms over my chest.

His eyes follow the movement, lingering on my tits before jerking his gaze upward. “We’ll need to do this another time. As I said, I have plans tonight.”

“That’s too bad. I guess you’ll have to be late because I’m not letting you leave until we talk about this.”

He scoffs. “And how do you plan on stopping me from leaving?”

Smirking, I shrug. “That’s the easy part.”

I call on my hellfire until it’s circling us. Nex flinches away from the heat, and I have to bite back a sigh of relief.

I wasn’t actually sure if he would be able to just step right through them or not.

“What is this?” he asks, shock and awe clear in his voice as he stares at the purple flames.

“Oh, you like my new party trick? On Saturday, we discovered that my magic had changed. I can’t call on my usual fire magic anymore. All I can do is use hellfire. Apparently, that’s unusual.”

“Highly unusual,” he agrees. “I assume you showed Wraith?”

I nod slowly. “I did. I told him, Brenden, Donovan, and Cassian. Hmmm, right. You don’t know about Cassian, do you? My fifth mate and apparent ex-lover of two of my mates.”

“Cassian?” Nex shakes his head. “Yeah, good luck with that one.”

“Doesn’t really matter if I can’t convince you to give this a chance,” I tell him. “The Fates were very clear. I either have three mates or I have five. Four isn’t an option.”

He makes a face. “Don’t put that on me.”

“Put what on you, Nex? It’s the truth. If either you or Cassian decides not to become my mate, then I get neither of you. That’s not me putting anything on you. It’s just how it is.” I shake my head. “I’m not trying to make you mad. I just want to talk to you about this.”

He runs a hand through his hair, staring at my flames once more. “There’s nothing to talk about. I told you, Lucifer cursed me.”

“Wraith believes he would have put a loophole in for finding your fated mate,” I tell him, already feeling him shutting down.

“What?” He frowns but still refuses to meet my gaze. “What would make him think that?”

I shrug. “He says Lucifer is a firm believer in fated mates, and he doesn’t think that he would go against the Fates like that.”

He’s quiet for a moment. “But he can’t know for sure.”

“Not without asking Lucifer, I guess.”

He’s shutting down. I can already tell he’s not going to listen to anything else I have to say.

Unsure of what else I can do to convince him, I throw myself into his arms. He drops his bag as he struggles underneath my unexpected weight.

I wrap my legs around his hips as his hands rest on my ass to keep me from hitting the floor. My arms snake around his neck, and I press my lips to his.

He freezes, and I wonder if I made this a million times worse.

But then he’s returning my kiss with a groan. One of his hands slides up my back and wraps in my hair as he staggers backward. I gasp when he drops into his chair, but when he tries to break the kiss, I’m having none of it.

I planned to wear a pair of my preferred leather pants today, but Wraith was having none of it. He told me I could keep wearing the uniform. When I tried to argue with him since I’m no longer a student, he admitted that he just liked the way it looked on me. Really, he meant the skirt, so I relented, and I’m wearing it with a tank top.

I’m also not wearing panties since they were stripped from me at lunchtime when all three of my men took turns fucking me. Like I said, it was an excellent lunch.

Nex notices my lack of panties as I grind down on his hard cock.

“Where the hell are your panties?” he asks as he flips up my skirt, staring at my bare pussy as I continue to rock my hips.

I shrug. “Wraith ripped them off me when I had lunch with them. All three of my mates fucked me after we finished eating. Luckily, they let me clean up, otherwise I would’ve been leaking their cum down my leg during your class.”

Nex growls, his power washing over me.

“Holy shit,” I squeak as it sends me straight over the edge. I continue to ride his lap, a second orgasm already building. “What was that?”

“That,” he says with a smirk, “was my magic. I don’t even have to touch you to bring you pleasure.”

I cry out when his hands close around my hips and lift me. I fight his hold as he sets me on the desk and releases me before lifting my skirt once more.

“I need to taste you.”

Oh.

“Please, Nex,” I beg, lifting my legs to the arms of his chair and spreading myself open for him.

“What a pretty pink pussy,” he murmurs, ducking his head and running his tongue along my slit. “Fuck. You taste amazing.”

Then he buries his head between my legs, fucking me on his tongue. I lean back until I’m lying down on the desk, moaning as his tongue seems to grow larger.

“Ummmm…” I start, but Nex doesn’t stop what he’s doing as his fingers find my clit.

I forget everything but the orgasm barreling down on me as his powers dance over my skin.

I come hard.

He’s not allowing me much of a chance to recover as he works me up again.

I feel like I’m being fucked by a thick cock, but when I glance down, I see it’s still his tongue buried inside of me. I don’t really understand how that’s possible, but I don’t say anything because I’m afraid he’ll stop.

My hips roll as I fuck myself on his tongue, ready to come again, and Nex seems more than happy to help me do just that.

This time, I scream out his name as I come.

The door flies open at the same time, and Nex pushes away from me.

“Nex,” I beg, reaching for him, but he’s already shaking his head.

“We can’t do this. We just can’t.” He grabs his bag off the floor as I sit up. My eyes find Brenden as Nex hurries past him.

“I’m sorry, firecracker. I heard you coming, and I just needed to see you.” Brenden glances over his shoulder, watching as Nex ducks out the door. “I didn’t mean to interrupt.”

I scoff. “You absolutely meant to interrupt, Brenden, but I know you weren’t trying to send Nex running. Next time, maybe don’t ignore that the door is locked?”

I bury my face in my hands and let out a scream.

Brenden pulls me into his arms. “It’ll be okay. He’ll come around, eventually.”

If only I was as sure as my mate is.