Kara My hands shook as I forced myself not to run out of the dark lecture hall. I could feel Cameron's stunned blue eyes following me, and when I looked over my shoulder and found his beautiful square sharp jaw on the floor, I couldn't help it—I threw him a smile. It was a sassy, catch-me-if-you-can, you-just-got-owned kind of smile. The door behind me closed automatically, and I leaned against it, closing my eyes. It took me a second to figure out that the thundering in my ears was my wild beating heart. "Yeah," he'd answered in that sexy, rough voice that was almost a growl. "I like that." I liked that too. I could still hear the deep growl he made in his throat when I licked his skin. He'd tasted of wicked things and dirty thoughts. Of sexy abs and a happy trail. A giggle escaped. Bish, did you just giggle right now? I took a deep breath, pushed away from the door before he could recover and drag me back inside, and walked back to my class on shaky legs. I knew he would think of what happened in that lecture hall as a challenge. It was. A challenge, a punishment, an experiment. Among other things. If he thought he was going to get away with withholding kisses, he had another thing coming. There was a naughty voice inside me that wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine. In that dark room where his skillful hands touched teasingly, where I felt the hardness between his legs. Where I closed my eyes and gave in to the rough texture of his fingers. Almost gave in. There was a dark excitement being in a place where we weren't supposed to be, doing something we weren't supposed to do, and we could get caught any time. It was reckless and wild and...hot. My chest suddenly felt too tight and my skin too warm. I felt drunk from him. And from the power he made me realize I had over him. He was taking me places where I'd never explored before, and I wanted to explore more. Heads turned as I opened the door to my class. Yes, it's just me, Dora the Explorer, all grown up, I wanted to yell. I parked my ass back to my seat. The comical look of pure shock on Cameron's face when I left suddenly made me giggle again. I slapped my hand to my mouth, but another one came out. The guy seated beside me threw me a concerned glance. "Don't worry. I think I took my pills today," I said. "I swear." And gave him a crazy grin to freak him out. He moved as far away from me as his seat allowed. I jumped when I felt my phone vibrate. My breathing picked up as I fished it out of my pocket. I closed my eyes, my thumb stroking the screen, took a deep calming breath before looking at my inbox. Cameron: Later * There wasn't going to be a later today. When it came to sexual experiences, I could be compared to a Smart Car and Cameron to a NASA spaceship, so I knew if I take him head on this time, I would lose. Smart Car? More like a bicycle. Whatever. I wanted to prove a point. What is the point? My brain hurt. It had reached its maximum capacity for the day. I didn't want to analyze it anymore. It would take me ten thousand years to crack the workings of Cameron's mind. I'd have a bigger chance of solving the world's biggest mystery (which came first: chicken or egg?) before I figure out what Cameron was thinking. I just knew he was on full god mode right now after the red flag I threw at his feet. I needed a plan to get away from him before he unleashed his powers on me and I... honestly didn't know how I would respond. Wise queens know when to attack, when to protect, and when to retreat to devise another plan of attack, which was why I was looking for Lockhart. Lockhart was my magic ticket. The sky looked angry and dark, but the rain was lazy and soft. I could hear the gentle pitter-patter of it against the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the campus and the slow whistle of the wind outside as I marched toward the rec room where I knew Lockhart might be. A few more weeks and it was going to start snowing. My steps faltered when I heard my phone ping a text. T: Duuude I smiled as I read Tala's message. Maybe she had an answer. K: Which came first: chicken or egg? T: idc as long as it's fried. I snorted. I knew she'd say that. I shouldn't be doing it, but I texted-walked down the hallway, looking up every few seconds so I don't fall down a manhole...or stairs. K: Wanna hear a spicy story? It's level 100 and involves sexy body parts. T: Haaawt dawg. I'm going to teleport where you are rn. Where are you? Need to tell you something too! K: OMW to the rec room. I was about to text more after sending my reply when I spotted Caleb Lockhart playing billiards with his teammates in the rec room. Cameron should be in class right now, but he was a gold medalist skipper, so I scanned the area for him and sighed in relief when I didn't see him. Where Caleb Lockhart was, girls followed. They were gathered around him and those that weren't kept throwing secret glances at him. They reminded me of monkeys I'd seen in a cartoon show once. They went wild when the zoo caretaker showed up carrying a bucketful of bananas. Well, these girls were waiting for a banana, all right. Caleb's banana. Damn, that could mean several things. I wished Tala was here so I could share the joke with her. She'd probably say something about the size and color of the banana and that she wants one too and sympathize with them. Caleb Lockhart was, after all, gorgeous as sin. He had that confident, charming playboy air around him. There was something wild about him though that told everyone he was untamable. Unattainable. And that made him irresistible to a lot of girls. There was another guy that was untamable but for different reasons. Where Caleb was user-friendly, Cameron was...not. You needed a manual to play Cameron. If Caleb was the cutest and friendliest animal in the zoo that you could pet, Cameron was the most majestic but dangerous one that you could absolutely not pet. The one you couldn't help staring at and wishing you could touch but be terrified of the consequences. Because if you touched, you knew he was going to bite. Lucky for him I bite back.