Chapter 69

XAVIER “Ready for your next lesson, Cupcake?” She ties her long pink hair up with a hairband and nods. I grab her ponytail, yanking her head back and running my nose along the column of her throat. “You are such a fucking distraction, Ophelia.” Her giggle is cut off by Alexandros’s deep voice. “This is not the kind of lesson we are teaching, Xavier.” I glance over my shoulder, my fingers still tangled in Ophelia’s hair. “I didn’t realize you’d be joining us.” He rolls up his shirt sleeves, revealing powerful forearms lined with thick veins. The kind I’d like to trace my tongue over before sinking my teeth into. His dark eyes narrow. “I said you would be assisting me, did I not?” “Yeah, but … I didn’t realize that meant we’d be teaching together.” I assumed he’d simply tell me what to do. I don’t voice that last part, but I figure he hears it anyway because he scowls at me. “Before we start, there is something important to understand about your power, Ophelia, and that is its source. Yo