Killian Hastings
Stop that.
Lunch is a fucking nightmare as the Legacies descend on us: Calanthe seems emboldened by the Saturnalia dinner and practically glues herself to Roth’s other side despite the glint of Wrath that flashes across the Ignis Heir’s implacable mask. Lyra quite literally hangs off Killian, clinging to his arm even as he tries to eat. Cynthia crawls between Luther and I, indiscriminate as to who she tries to seduce so long as it’s one of us—or preferably, both of us. She’s not picky.
Through the throng of bodies closing in on us, my eyes scan the Great Hall, looking for Nyx. I don’t settle until I finally see her sitting with the Pembroke girl and two of the Hektreia sisters—Tori and Evie. Even though we’ve crossed paths since we were children with our parents being on the Dark Council, we’ve never said more than a few words to each other in class. If they keep getting closer to Nyx, I might just have to reconsider.
I pull my hood up and take a hit from my vape as smoke swirls around me, hiding the object of my attention even while we’re surrounded. Nyx doesn’t seem to talk much in their group, but she does smile.Actuallysmiles. Her pink lips turn up at the corner, and I’m thrown back into the memories of her that are burned into my brain.
The taste of her pussy on my tongue, her lips on mine.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Fuck.
I rub my eyes with my palms before I spiral again, though the new drugs Killian cooked up have been helping more than ever. My demon isn’t clawing the inside of my skull for once. I barely touch my food over lunch, and when Killian asks me if I’m going to eat any more of it, I shove my tray across the table and go back to watching her while everyone ignores me. Butshedoesn’t.
I have to wonder if she feels the weight of my simmering obsession, because there’s no use in denying it now.
The stairwell.
The lake.
When Luther came home smelling of her the first time.
Touching her in the Medical Center…
At the club, when she kissed me back. When she—kept me safe. Even after I’d lost my shit on her and OD’d. Killian told me after, how she tried to comfort me before Roth and Luther found us. And—this is the part that I still can’t figure out—came to my defense when Roth interrogated her.
On Samhain, when she looked so broken, and it killed me to watch her walk away.
Now she’s in my class. I can see her, talk to her, without needing an excuse.
She can’t get away from me now.
Thane Rorvik
@Killian how was Chem?
Killian Hastings
Someone’s an eager beaver.
Thane Rorvik
I’m going to eat you one day.
Killian Hastings
I surfed your demon last week. He loves me too much to eat me.
Roth Kovacs
Did you partner with her?
Killian Hastings
