Total pages in book: 121
Estimated words: 114617 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 573(@200wpm)___ 458(@250wpm)___ 382(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 114617 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 573(@200wpm)___ 458(@250wpm)___ 382(@300wpm)
“What do you say?” I asked. “Fair deal?”
“Well, I... I mean, I couldn’t possibly speak for the entire council, but...” She was frumphering hard. Stuck between getting me to smash the rest of my fates and giving omegas equal treatment—Sunella was being torn in two. “We can’t force this on the students—”
“I haven’t forced anyone out of classes that they want to take,” I reminded. “Most of the alphas are still taking alpha classes. They’re still being taught the same things by the same teachers. No different than if I wasn’t here.”
“Hmm. That is a good point,” she murmured, mostly to herself. “And you will complete one bond at the end of every term under witness of the council?”
I heaved a sigh. “Yes.”
“Well, then, as long as you promise not to harm any of the students or staff, I believe we have a deal.”
“What?!” Edric shouted over my agreement. “Is there no end to what this bitch will let you get away with!?”
“You can call me Queen Daciana now. Let your tongue get used to it.”
“Don’t get cocky. You and I have our own deal. You don’t make a move until you’ve given me a chance to come up with another way of stopping Destiny.”
“—have a few caveats,” Sunella said, cutting into my mental conversation. “We will be sending the secret police to conduct our own investigation. That is nonnegotiable.”
“You will send one officer to investigate. That is nonnegotiable.”
“Very well,” she said. “And, we will appoint your vice headmistress or vice headmaster to aid you in the running of the school.”
“You will send four or five candidates, and I will appoint my new vice after interviewing them.”
“Deal,” she said quickly. “Well, this has been very productive, High Priestess.” Sunella sounded happy—dare I say chirpy. “I’m so glad we could settle this reasonably and peacefully.”
“Me too.”
Edric lifted me up and placed me back on my seat in the midst of my reminiscing. Of course that conversation was on my mind. Earlier that morning Sunella sent word that the member of the secret police was coming to begin her investigation.
The secret police were the group of law enforcement that worked for and protected the alpha council. Of course they didn’t want anyone in here who wasn’t on their payroll.
In case the officer stumbles on information that has to do with Destiny.
“That’s all for today,” Raza called. “Drop your essays off on the way out.”
Rising up, I followed Edric up to the front. “One of the secret police is coming today. They should be waiting outside the gates now. Want to come with me to talk to them?”
“Uh, yeah, actually,” he said, peering at me over his shoulder. “But why do you?”
“Because you have to be seen shadowing and stalking me everywhere, so the council will buy that you’re the real big bad wolf.”
“Fuck you.”
I laughed. Lacing my fingers through his, I received another growl, but that didn’t deter me. He was fake-dating me for two million dollars and the chance to talk me out of world domination. Who knew why he was the angry one. I was the one getting the short end of the stick.
Except for the sex. I shuddered remembering what we got up to the night before.
For as much as he bitched, moaned, and told me he hated me, there was nothing fake about the sheet-shredding, bed-shaking, roof-rattling sex we had every night and twice in the morning.
It wasn’t even a part of our deal. On the contrary, every time after we finished, we swore it would be the last time. We swore with actual swears and cusses while listing the many ways we were repellant to each other. Edric, for one, could not get over what a crazy, homicidal psychopath I was. While I was getting pretty fucking sick of being judged by a guy who practiced hacking by stealing money out of the accounts of his enemies—which was easy after he spied through their webcams to steal all their private info.
Despite him being the absolute worst, we couldn’t keep our hands off each other. Such was the way when the bond was new. Our wolves went into hyperdrive, wanting to mate over and over again like... well, like animals.
Edric and I strolled out hand in hand—me smiling and him pissed as shit. My smile disappeared too when I saw who was waiting for us outside the door.
“You two look cozy.” Paxton posted up against the bulletin board, smirking at us. The opposite expression of Badr’s and Orion’s head-melting glares. “Is that the smile of a man who’s regularly tasting something... yummy?”
Edric was far from smiling. “Hey, guys.”
“What the fuck, man?” Badr hissed. “What is going on with you? You’re ignoring us. You’re strutting around with her all fucking day. What happened to you!”
Edric flicked from me to them. “Nothing happened to me that hasn’t happened to nearly every other wolf. I bonded with my mate. Now I have to protect her.”