Page 318 of Knox Academy Omnibus
I could be and you would never know.
Amelie
Bullshit. You would have eaten me by now. I’m a snack.
Baxter
Is there something you wanted?
Amelie
Besides you here to rub cream into my back? Yes. To tell you not to kill the girl, I don’t know how to make that disappear.
Baxter
Ye of little faith, I’m not killing the girl but if I did, I have a cleanup crew. And I happen to like being alive so I won’t be rubbing anything of yours anytime soon.
Amelie
Cleanup what? We need to talk about this.
Also this week I need that list of girls. So get your ass back here ASAP.
Baxter
Is that an order?
Amelie
Sure is.
Baxter
Fine, see you next week.
“Who has you all entranced in your phone?” Sawyer asks. I jump so high I almost throw my phone over the side of the chair.
“You scared the crap out of me,” I reply with a laugh. “Just Baxter. I’ve had to summon the demon’s presence because Ineed his help. Don’t tell the others or it’ll hurt their damn feelings.”
I look up and really appreciate the view. Sawyer is shirtless and all his colourful tattoos are on display. The sight of him makes my mouth water to the point of drooling, and I start to wonder if we can sneak off and re-create the time in the kitchen when he first realised who I was. Damn that was hot, but I don’t know if I have a spare uniform here.
“Sure. Dad is on his way back with Laura so we need to wrap this up soon, and we need to tell the others about your tattoo.” He lowers his voice but Adrianne is next to me with her headphones in, blasting some weird yelling music so he needn’t have worried. The mention of Laura is ice water on my fantasies though.
“Oh goody, time for the wicked witch to return and ruin everyone’s day.”
Sawyer smiles. He knows it’s true, but he tries to keep the peace between everyone. I’ve had the tattoo covered and my hair down all day, avoiding the pool all afternoon claiming that I need to work on my tan and that it still isn’t warm enough for me yet. Sawyer has been shooting me bemused glances, but the others haven’t questioned it. I already know Monty will be pissed over it, but I honestly don’t care.
“I’ll have Jasper run Elsie back to campus. Adrianne has her own car here. They don’t need to be subjected to that bitch.”
Elsie must hear that because she sits up, removing her big ass hat and glasses.
“I am not getting in the car with that guy.”
“Stop being a child,” Jasper huffs, appearing out of nowhere with a towel wrapped around his waist.
“Me, being a child?! What about you?”
Jasper’s nostrils flare. He’s officially on duty and has had a warning about his thing with Elsie, as well as me running offon him, so I know he’s trying to rein his temper in because he actually likes this job. He looks at Sawyer and he nods. “Now is not the time or place to talk about it.”
