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“Feisty. It’s a shame she broke in.” The golden lion male murmurs.
Snarling, I roll on my back and tuck in my legs, curling up so I can reach his legs.
Wrapping around his ankle, I bite into it like a savage.
“Fuck!” He roars, flinging me away from him.
“Oh shit.” Rapid drawls.
I’ve still got my teeth in his shaking leg, but my legs are free.
So I release his ankle and lunge up to head butt his family jewels.
Fae or not, that is every male’s weak spot.
Crumpling with a slew of foreign curses, his eyes watering, I hiss and spit at him while scrambling away.
But I run into someone else’s legs.
“Sorry, Devil Eyes.” Rapid says as he seizes my arms.
“Drag her to the fucking beach. I want to tear the bitch apart.” Tomashi gasps, cupping his bits.
“You’re not doing anything.” Fade intones, strolling back into the room. “Mr O confirmed her story. He’s assigned her to our house.”
Rapid releases me so abruptly I fall on my ass.
The golden lion blinks at me, then his friend.
“Fucking what?!” The hot-headed asshole growls.
“Like I said before.” I drawl, climbing to my feet and eyeing the males warily. “Hi, I’m Sinta Cora. I’m your new roomy, I’m sure we’re going to get along great. If one of you lays hands on me again I’ll cut off your fingers and display them like trophies.”
Lion and Tomashi stare at me like I have three heads, while Rapid cackles like a loon.
“Also, are there spare blankets? I’d like a comforter or something for my bed.” I add, trying to regain some dignity.
Grey eyes clears his throat and steps forward, his beautiful features carefully blank.
“Bonjour, Sinta. I am Fade. There are some spare blankets in the laundry room downstairs.” He gives a cool smile. “How do you feel about Chinese food?”

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“I would be more than happy to give you some advice. Are you taking a general art course?”
I nod. “Intro to the Arts.”
“Our friend Bastien, your fifth roommate, takes an art course too. Something to do with sketching.” Elijah tells me. “Rapid is into music, he’s kind of a famous rockstar.”
Turning, I glance at Rapid in surprise.
He gives me a cheeky wink, his smile slow and sexy.
I ignore the hand he brushes down his bare middle, especially since he’s a bit of a slob and is wiping food crumbs off his stomach. But Gods, what a stomach.
Abs for days on that one.
“I’m shocked you didn’t recognise me. I thought all women knew who I was.” He chuckles.
“Can’t say that I do.” I drawl. “My tastes run a bit older when it comes to music. ACDC and I go way back.”
His eyebrows wing up. “Led Zeplin?”
“A must.”
“Nickelback? Cold Play? Imagine Dragons? Aerosmith? Guns ‘N’ Roses? Def Leppard? Bon Jovi? Metallica? Iron Maiden? Kiss?” He lists, leaning forward.
“I like some Styx and Journey as well. Throw in Linkin Park, Rammstein, Eminem, Florence and the Machine and some Evanescence and you have a perfect playlist.”
“Fuck.” He mutters, staring at me like I’m wearing a halo. “Marry me and have my kids? They’d grow up to be rock gods, I swear it.”
I laugh so hard I nearly bust a gut. “Dream on, lover boy.”
“Every night from now until eternity, I swear.” He flirts.
“Elijah is taking Magical Beast Care, he wants to look after animals of all sorts.” Fade interrupts, his earthy eyes giving Rapid a censuring look.
Rapid raises his hands in surrender and leans away from me, stealing a bit of pork from Tomashi’s plate.
Tomashi’s snarl rattles the cutlery.
“Like a veterinarian?” I ask Elijah.
He nods, his high cheeks pinkening and his gold locks framing his face. “Exactly like that. Just with more magic and a lot more danger involved. I love animals though.” He mumbles the last part, eyes dropping to his plate.
Almost like his confidence had run out and he was crawling back into his shell.
“That sounds amazing. I’ve never been around a lot of animals, living in a city doesn’t really give you the chance to.” I admit. “But I think I would’ve liked to have a pet. Do they keep animals on the Academy grounds?’’
“Yes. There is a stable of sorts behind the school, between the teacher’s village and here. It’s full of all sorts of creatures, but Elijah will have to escort you if you want to go.” Fade tells me. “Not all of the creatures are friendly.”
Tomashi mumbles something from his spot, and even though I don’t catch all of it, it sounds an awful lot like ‘hope she gets eaten’.
I scowl at him, but I don’t say anything.
He had a right to be uncomfortable with having me as a roommate— all the boys did.
But if he went beyond grumbling and ignoring me, then we’d have a problem.