by Meg Xuemei X
What the fuck?
“The Academy won’t allow a delinquent to go on strike,” he emphasized, watching my outraged expression like a fat cat regarding a cornered mouse.
Only I was no fucking mouse. He wanted a war, and he’d get one.
“Axel will never go along with that,” I ground out, my eyes burning. “He’s on my side.”
“Is he?” Paxton said, a sadistic smile stretching his curvy lips. “Wasn’t he the one who plucked you from the ghetto, dragging you from a bawdy street fight to the Academy, despite the way you begged and screamed for him to let you go? Wasn’t he the one who was willing to see you die just to test if you could actually live through the ritual?”
I clamped my mouth shut, feeling like I’d been hit by a truck.
How naïve of me to even think that Axel and Zak might defend me just because they’d once shielded me from the burning fire.
They were all my enemies. They’d never been my allies.
Paxton had just reminded me of that.
A cruel light glinted in Paxton’s eyes at my devastated look. “Keep an eye on her,” he ordered to no one in particular. “If she refuses to behave, if she sneezes wrong, call me right away.”
Everyone nodded vehemently, especially the clique.
Paxton turned on his heel.
As soon as he showed his back, I flipped him the bird. I forced down my finger quickly, though, as I didn’t want to be caught.
I grinned at the class sweetly. “Aren’t you going to report it?”
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More Books by Meg Xuemei X
THE FIRST WITCH SERIES
The Dragonian’s Witch
The Witch’s Consort
OF SHADOWS AND FIRE
The Burn of the Underworld
The Fall of the Underworld
The Return of the Underworld
THE WAR OF GODS SERIES
A Court of Blood and Void
A Court of Fire and Metal
A Court of Ice and Wind
A Court of Earth and Ether
HALF-BLOOD ACADEMY SERIES
Magic Trials
Magic Secret
Magic Fury
Magic Unchained
THE CURSED DRAGON QUEEN & HER MATES
The Fury Queen’s Harem
The Dragon Queen’s Harem
The Fae Queen’s Harem
EMPRESS OF MYSTH SERIES
Angel’s Forbidden Lust
Angel’s Indecent Proposal
Angel’s Fated Mate
Angel’s Storm Magic
TRUE MATE SERIES
Claim the Wolf King
Claim the Leopard Princess
THE WICKEDEST WITCH SERIES
Wicked Witch
Dark Vampire
Fallen Angel
DARK CHEMISTRY SERIES
The Siren
The Prince
The Red Queen
The Girl Next Door: A Small Town Romance
About the Author
Meg Xuemei X is a USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of paranormal and fantasy romance. She finds it delightful to be around drop-dead gorgeous alpha males who are forever tormented by her feisty heroines, unseelie fae, dark vampires, menacing demigods, demon A-holes and fallen angels, fun shifters. and cunning witches.
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