Feral: Book Two Read Online Free

damn well guarantee you that he wouldn't touch you with a ten foot pole, because frankly, he has more class than that. If he’s as intelligent as he seems, I can assure you he’s already learned you’ve got no depth of character and’re one damn poor excuse for a lady! If you were the last woman on Earth, he wouldn’t give you a first glance, much less a second one.”
    By this point, I was trembling violently. I hadn’t realized that throughout my entire speech, I’d backed her into a wall, until I was only mere inches away from her and she had nowhere else to go. In my periphery, I saw the student who’d stopped Simon walking in the opposite direction, while the vampire made a beeline for us.
    "And let me tell you something else, Madison. I’m getting sick and tired of your bullshit attempts to act friendly. In high school, I always thought the leader of your little clique was the worst, but you know what? I was wrong, because at least she had the decency to be consistently jealous and hateful. She made no pretenses of liking me, whereas you were and always will be a hypocrite in that respect. Now, I’m warning you: leave me the hell alone! I am not your friend anymore. You destroyed that in junior high, so stop trying to act like it."
    I leaned in dangerously close and growled at her. "And stop trying to talk to me about Cole. It’s over. It’s done. If you want to continue talking to him and trying to get in his pants, be my fucking guest. But stop trying to bait me, because I don’t give a shit about Colton Malver.
    “And if I ever hear you make any more inappropriate comments about Simon again, I swear to God you will be visiting one of those medical rooms you seemed to be so concerned about earlier. And I can promise you Simon Treviso will not be the one you get the pleasure of seeing. Now, get the hell out of my face before I break yours."
    The horrific shock on her face morphed into the ugliest mask of hate I’d ever seen, and I briefly wondered if she was going to spit in my face, slap me, or go with some other some physical form of retaliation. If she did, I knew it would be the last thing she would ever do. However, to her credit, all she did was sneer as Simon approached.
    It seemed he was done talking to his student, and we were now his focus, which wasn’t surprising. Vampire or not, I’m sure he would have heard every single word, and I couldn’t imagine how angry he was at my making a scene in the hallway. At least I was lucky in that it was the end of the university’s day classes, which meant the halls were pretty much empty by the time I’d started getting loud. That still didn’t stop me from worrying about whether or not he might be mad at me.
    He stared down at me with eyes that were nearly black and grabbed me by the elbow, dragging me behind him as he went. His voice was soft and cool, distant almost, and his grip was firm as he moved me down the hall. "Sofia, we need to talk in my office.”
    Oh God. He was furious.
    I shivered, though whether it was from the loss of the adrenaline I’d used in my little tirade or from fear of what Simon was going to do and say, I wasn’t entirely sure.
    He held the door open as I slinked in, completely incapable of meeting his dark gaze. I had never seen his face look so... feral, and I was starting to wonder if it were at all possible for a bond between mates to be broken. The intense waves pouring off of him had me worried about the future of our relationship.
    What the hell was wrong with me? I’d just torn Madison Kinley a new one smack-dab in the middle of the university’s social science hall, with witnesses nonetheless, however few those witnesses were. I had just humiliated my mate in front of students, some of whom I was sure were his, and now he was angry with me. I should’ve just kept my damn mouth shut.
    I vaguely heard him close the door and flinched when he was suddenly towering over me, feeling the powerful waves of emotions