I duck my head. “Thanks. Are you sure this skirt isn’t too short?”
Raven waves a hand. “Nah, you look amazing.”
“I’ll see you in the library this afternoon?”
“Yeah,” she says. “As long as you don’t ditch me for your boyfriend.”
I’m of half a mind to tell her that Xavier and I aren’t together like that, but the truth doesn’t matter. June said that the best lies are steeped in truth, and I’m going to run with that.
“I won’t. See you in a bit.”
I grab my backpack and sling my purse over my shoulder before walking out of the door. As I make my way down the hallway and outside, I retrieve my cell phone. My eyes widen at the number of texts waiting for me. Seeing Xavier’s name on the screen has my heart beating faster.
Xavier: That skirt is too short.
Xavier: Take it off or I will.
Xavier: I mean it, little raptor.
Xavier: Answer me.
I look at the time on my phone and bite my lip. If I go back upstairs and change, then I’ll be late for class. Xavier is going to have to be pissed.
Xavier: Stop biting your lip. Unless you’re trying to get me to fuck myself. I don’t think the professor would appreciate that.
Delilah: How do you know what I’m wearing and what I’m doing? Stalker much?
Xavier: It’s not stalking when I own you.
Delilah: ??
Xavier: Your legs and that pussy between them are mine.
Delilah: What about the rest of me?
Xavier: Every. Single. Inch.
I hurriedly text him back as I walk through the doors of my first class. The way he talks to me makes me angry, but also turns me on. I don’t understand him or myself.
Delilah: I can’t change until after my second class. I don’t have the time.
Xavier: If you don’t change, I’ll punish you.
Delilah: You want me to suck your dick again? Maybe I’ll like it.
Xavier: If that’s the case, then you’ll love what comes next.
Delilah: Don’t you know what a joke is?
He doesn’t reply to my text, and I’m left wondering if his words are a promise or a threat.
I’m quick to dismiss all thoughts of Xavier as I take my seat and retrieve my laptop.
Luckily for me, my first class goes by quickly after taking notes for an hour straight. When I get up to leave, I find that the painkillers have done their job, and I haul ass to Professor Ames’s class.
Dread coats the inside of my stomach, making me queasy. I haven’t seen him in class since I became Xavier’s bride. I’m sure he was there for the Crow’s Covenant ceremony, but he was wearing a mask like everyone else, hiding his identity. Meanwhile, I was sitting there with Xavier’s cum on my back.
My face burns as I walk into the lecture hall. I settle in the chair at the very end of the room, putting as much distance between us as possible. After triple-checking that my phone is on silent, I wait for class to begin.
