“No, now get out of my fucking classroom.”
“Sorry, sir,” Zac said before I heard the door shut. I let out a breath, but Tobias didn’t move. Glancing at the scissors, I quickly pocketed them before tapping his leg. Still, he didn’t move.
“Tobias?”
“You never answered me this morning,” he said, pushing the chair out a little to look at me but not enough for me to get out.
“You would know if I lied, so I didn’t think it was worth answering.” He growled.
“Um, can I get out?”
“You missed my class.”
“I couldn’t find it.”
“You know Darius won’t be happy when he finds out.” He pushed his chair back further, and I scrambled out before being trapped between him and his desk.
“Unless…” Tobias said. I swallowed, and my thoughts went to Darius last night and his cruelty playing with the bond. All night I was restless from the pain of being rejected and humiliated for falling for it.
“Unless what?”
“I won’t tell him, but I want something in return.”
“I am not doing anything sexual with you,” I snapped at him, trying to push past his leg blocking my way. Tobias stood towering over me. His eyes flickered and turned blood red. He pinned me against the desk by placing his hands on either side of me, and I leaned away from him.
Tobias growled, and I watched as his fangs slipped out. “What if I want something else, like your blood?” he asked, and my heart rate quickened.
“You want to feed on me?”
He nodded, sniffing me before grabbing me and burying his face in my neck. “You smell fucking divine,” he growled.
I felt his tongue run over the pulse in my neck, and I tried to shove him off and failed miserably when he let me go.
He grabbed my wrist, bringing it to his nose. “You smell sweet like Lycus,” he whispered.
I felt his magic rush over me as he paralyzed me. My body froze as my thoughts ran rampant, and my heart thudded painfully.
“Lycus knows,” I blurted out, petrified of him feeding on me.Would it hurt? What if he killed me?Vampires weren’t the best with control.
“I will take care of Lycus. So, what will it be, Aleera? I tell Darius, or you let me feed on you? I promise to be gentle,” he said, running his teeth against the inside of my wrist. My eyes widened before thinking of what Darius would do if he found out, but what was stopping Tobias from still telling him? Then again, what was preventing him from feeding on me if he really wanted to anyway?
“Tick-tock, Aleera. Darius will be back soon. Your next class is with him, so make your mind up, or you will be late.”
“And you won’t tell him?”
“I won’t tell him. Besides, he would be pissed off if he knew I fed off you, so it will be our little secret.”
My heart thudded so hard I could hear it, but I found myself nodding anyway, more frightened of what Darius would do if he found out. Apparently, my nodding must have been enough consent because I hissed as his fangs sank into my wrist in the next second, breaking my delicate skin. Initially, it hurt before my wrist and hand tingled. Warmth spread through me, making me realize he was using his magic so it wouldn’t hurt. He didn’t feed off me long.
Tobias then pulled his fangs from my wrist when the siren sounded, signaling the next class. I glanced at the clock behind him to find it wasn’t a clock, but some strange moon wheel, with different phases of the moon.
Tobias wiped his mouth with his thumb before sucking my blood off it. His eyes glistened, and I watched as he pricked his thumb with one of his fangs before running it over the two punctures on my wrist. They closed instantly, and he brought my wrist to his mouth. I thought he would bite me again when he ran his tongue over it, licking up the blood that spilled down my wrist. His eyes flickered before going to mine, and he smirked.
“You taste sweeter than Lycus, though.”
“Is that a bad thing?” I asked.
“Not for me it isn’t, but for you, it may be…” He chuckled darkly. “Let’s just say I have a sweet tooth.”