The scent of sweet chocolate slammed into me, and it made desire pool between my legs.
Hunter glanced up from his tablet at his desk, and his lips curved into a smile. “I wasn’t expecting you all so soon.”
“Ashenfell let us out early,” Bram muttered an explanation before yawning.
“I’ve missed you.” I surged toward my sweet, busy, vengeance demon and wrapped my arms around his neck, sealing my lips to his.
He groaned into my mouth and stood up from his chair, picking me up and placing me on the edge of his desk as he stepped between my legs.
I felt his hard length against my core, and I moaned, pulling him closer.
It was as if I couldn’t get close enough—and Fates—I desperately needed him. It had been too long since we’d been together.
Hunter had been so busy with council duties, not to mention his job here at the academy.
“As hot as this is,” Dex announced, “I have everyone’s favorite foods to eat for lunch in Hunter’s cabinet fridge.”
Hunter pulled back slightly. “You did? How sweet.”
“I can be sweet,” Dex scoffed.
A whimper pulled from my throat. “Hunter.”
“Starlight,” he teased, his firm hands gripping my hips as he set me back on my feet. He kissed my pouting lips. “You need to eat.”
“I needyou,” I protested, desire flooding down our bonds. “I haven’t seen you in ages.”
“I slept next to you last night,” he reminded me, stepping back and clearing his desk for the plates of food Dex had prepared.
“She means you haven’t fucked her in ages,” Dex corrected, setting out all the different foods on the table for us. “I have, of course. I’d never let my trouble get needy for me like this.”
Heat spread over my cheeks, but I nodded in agreement anyway. “The bond urges me to get closer when it’s been a while.”
“It’s true,” Reed whispered. “The bond urges that intimacy when it hasn’t been acted upon in a while.”
“What about Bram?” Skel’s tongue swiped over his lip ring teasingly. “Pandora hasn’t been with him yet.”
“Skel,” Bram hissed, his face turning red as embarrassment leaked through his matebond.
“Trust me, the desire is there.” I locked eyes with Bram’s dark red ones, and my lust for him bled down our bond, combating his feeling of discomfort.
“Same,” he said in a strained voice before turning around and fixing himself.
“So, what’s taking so long?” Dex asked cheekily, grabbing his plate and sitting on the sofa.
“We just haven’t yet,” Bram mumbled, grabbing his plate.
“But why not?” Skel grabbed his plate, too.
“It’s their business,” Reed reminded Skel and Dex, grabbing a plate of his food and sitting next to him on the sofa. “Stop prying.”
Bram and Skel sat on either side of Dex and Reed.
“They’ll be intimate in their own time.” Hunter scooted our plates on the edge of the desk and sat in his seat, pulling me onto his lap to sit.
I melted into his embrace, sniffing his sweet chocolate scent greedily.
“Why does she get to sit on your lap?” Dex pouted.
