Tasting Drakness

Chapter 42

Lycus and Kalen stayed for a while, and whatever Lycus was angry about, even bothered Kalen as he repeatedly asked what was wrong. Lycus only growled before eventually storming out, saying he had to take care of something.

It was now dark, and I wondered how long they would let Kalen stay. What I was most surprised about was the fact Lycus had left me alone with him. That never happened; Kalen was always chaperoned around me, but whatever pissed him off must have made him forget that I wasn’t alone with him.

“I wonder how long until he realizes?” Kalen murmured, and I looked at him.

“Realizes what?”

“That he left me alone with you, Darius will be furious,” Kalen answers, and I nod, hoping I won’t cop the brunt of that fury. With a sigh, I stood up, and Kalen looked at me.

“Where are you going?”

“To shower, and you should go before we both get in trouble,” I told him, and he nodded and stood. “It will get easier,” Kalen says, and I look back at him.

“It’s only because they don’t trust you,” Kalen answers. “And they’re too stubborn to see their own flaws,” he added. (This Novel daily new chapters provide it

“What’s done is done; it changes nothing. He still killed my parents. No matter what he believed or his intentions, it would have ended up this way,” I told Kalen and instantly regretted i t when his face fell.

“Would you have run if you knew me before?” he asked, and m y brows furrowed at his words as I thought them over.

“No, I would have asked you to run with me,” I told him. “But I also know you wouldn’t leave Lycus,” he nodded and went to say something before stopping himself. I walked into the bathroom and stripped my clothes off when he said nothing. M y shirt stunk from sweat, and goosebumps rose on my arms as I waited for the water temperature to go up.

that I had eaten, and I

my skin when I felt someone bump into my back. A shriek left my lips as I spun, trying to cover myself. Kalen chuckled while I backed away from him,

while stepping closer.

my shower. My face heated, and he smirked before dipping his face under the shower spray, and I moved closer to the wall. He reached for the soap before washing his face, and my eyes trailed down his bronze-colored skin. He was muscular but not as bulky as the others. My face heated when I followed his V-line and pressed

stupid, yet I snorted, and he rubbed a hand down his face before looking at me. “Something funny?”

he sniggers. I tried to stop, yet they were

think you had never seen one before,”h e laughed, and my giggling cut off abruptly. Oh my God, how embarrassing. Here I am giggling like some schoolgirl because I was 24 and had never seen a dick before. Kalen

and his eyes widen before he suddenly covers himself with

really never seen a dick

him.

you’re 24,” I

all the way from my head to my toes. I was never embarrassed about my virginity, but how he said it made me feel inexperienced and naive. Well, technically,

My

just in shock. The others are convinced you

lying as if I could somehow get away with it. He went to say something when the door suddenly burst open,

too embarrassed to peak around to see their faces. One of them

weren’t in the room,” I

because I was in the

can see that,” Darius said,

jealous,” Kalen snapped at him, which

on, out. You