“Oh, s'il te plait,oh please! If you find a man with one of those, you’ve got a professional cocksmith in bed!” Camilla said. “I would let a man like that do anything he liked with me.”
“Except for butt sex,” Mariya says wisely, “you should definitely talk about butt sex first.”
I wonder if it’s possible to dislodge an internal organ from laughing too hard.
Chapter Seventeen
In which there are sexytimes.
Ariana Grande - Bad Idea
Lucca…
“Welcome to your first challenge of the year, gentlemen.”
There was a not-so-quiet snort from the woman sitting next to me. Lauren Birch is the firstborn from a crime family settling into a position of power in southern California. She’s one of only six women in the Leaders program. I may have just transferred into this major but I can already tell every one of them is sick of the stubborn misogyny of teachers like Professor Fukumoto.
He ignores the provocation and continues. “You’ll pick a team of nine men. And… women,” he adds an afterthought. “They must be evenly selected from the other three divisions. You know I’m not allowed to give you advance notice of what to expect, but you will need students with qualities like strength, strategizing, and a strong knowledge of firearms.” He looks around the room before his gaze settles on me. “This challenge is a crucial part of your scores for the first semester here. You do not want to fail.”
“Who are you picking for your team?” Konstantin reaches over and takes half my sandwich.
“I’m not telling you, asshole!” I said, watching him bite into my lunch.
“Yeah,” he muses, mouth full. “It’s going to be hard to have to keep secrets from each other now that we’re both in the same major.”
“No problem, since I’ll never tell you a thing,” I said pleasantly, “who are you selecting for yours?”
“I was thinking maybe Tatiana,” he grins, “she’s a hell of a shot, right?”
“You know, there’s a high possibility that I’m going to punch you in the throat.” I smiled back, showing all my teeth.
“So wrong,” he said with faux shock, “so very,verywrong to hurt your best friend. We better get to it right after lunch, are you noticing that Mateo and Aleks are already making the rounds?”
He’s right. Mateo, that little bastard, is already heading across the room to Tatiana and Mariya’s table. Shoving my chair back, I get there seconds after he does.
“You can’t say no when you’re selected for a Leader’s team,bambina,”he leers at Tatiana, who looks mildly nauseated.
“She can when she’s already been selected,” I step in, interrupting her. “She agreed to be on my team right before lunch.”
“Is that right,” he sneers, looking her up and down but his gaze never getting higher than her breasts.
“Yes,” Tatiana says firmly.
“There’ll be other challenges,” he tells her tits, “I’ll still get you on my team.”
“Can’t wait,” she said dryly.
Before Mateo can turn to Mariya, Kon is there. “Hey, come over to my table,” he tells her, “we’re going to start strategizing.”
It’s clear that she’s only slightly more enthused by being stuck with Kon than Mateo, but she forces a smile. “Thanks, oh mighty leader! I’ll be right there.”
Seating myself next to Tatiana, I smile malevolently at Mateo until he turns and leaves with a huff and a mumble of Italian curses.
“Thank you for that,” she whispers, “what’s going on?”
She’s smiling, looking so pleased to see me. “I want to kiss you,” I blurt.
“Okay?”
