“Nunya? What’s—?” She squinted in confusion for a moment. Then her expression morphed into a mask of annoyance. “Oh, goddamn it—”
“That’s right. Nunya damn business,” I finished, smirking at her. “See ya.”
“Hey! Get back here!” She was in front of us in a flash. “What are you up to now? Sneaking around planning more attacks on the school? Where are you going to send it this time, back to the Jurassic era?”
“Not a bad idea. I bet you’d make a tasty raptor snack. Get out of my way.”
“Sonja!” her friend called, sounding exasperated. “Will you leave them alone? You’re seriously, like, starting to get on my last nerve.”
Sonja glared over my shoulder at her, but she did step out of the way. She made the I’m watching you gesture as we left, and I ignored her. The last thing we needed today was to get into a brawl with Sonja.
“Her friends are even getting tired of her,” Jayce said with a grimace. “Fuck, you know it’s bad when even those idiots can’t take it anymore. You’d think she’d learn.”
I shook my head. “I don’t think she ever will, honestly. She’s set on being the baddest bitch around. And seeing as we’re in the underworld, that bar has been raised significantly.”
Xero chuckled softly.
We went the long way around, up a narrow set of public stairs, through a quirky little maze of corridors, and in through the false panel in the wall. Nobody said a word until we were up the secret stairs and walking down the narrow hallway.
“So, what’s this all about anyway?” Kai asked.
“You’ll see,” Kingston said mysteriously.
The vamp rolled his eyes and shot a frustrated glance at Xero. “Do you know what’s going on?”
“Nope. Relax, man. You’ll find out when the rest of us do.”
Kai didn’t look at all pleased with that. He was probably counting the minutes until he could get away from me, but he was just going to have to suffer. This was too important to be sidetracked by whatever messed up thing existed between us.
Still, Kai seemed almost on the verge of turning around and leaving anyway. When we finally made it to our secret hangout, he skulked by the door.
Just like he did the night he watched my four-way with the other men.
A shot of pure, demanding desire made my clit pulse.
I shifted, rubbing my thighs together surreptitiously as I mentally berated my body and my succubus power for wanting stupid shit it couldn’t have.
“Come all the way in,” Kingston said grumpily. “I’m not going to shout about this, you know.”
Kai huffed and walked over, gingerly avoiding the general area where the rest of us had been having sex the day he had watched. I gave him a pointed look, but he avoided my gaze.
What the fuck else is new?
“Okay. You ready?” Kingston held his breath as he looked around at our group.
“Been ready,” Kai snapped. “Get it over with.”
Shooting the black-haired man a withering look, Kingston pulled the phone out and flipped it open, showing them all that it was connected to earth. Astonishment rippled across my men’s faces.
“Duuude.” Jayce drew the word out into several syllables. “What. The. Fuck?”
“Where’d you get that?” Xero asked.
“Why do you have it?” Kai added suspiciously.
Kingston filled them in with the same explanation he’d given me, finishing with, “I should’ve told you all earlier, but… it goes against every instinct I have as a dragon to guard my treasure.” He cleared his throat uncomfortably. “I’m still getting used to this ‘trusting people’ thing. But students are starting to crack, and despite what the teachers believe, there has to be a way out of here. We just have to find it.”
“What are you going to do, Google it?” Kai leaned back in his seat, crossing his arms.