Under My Skin

Chapter Forty One

Embers eyebrows pulled together. She heard quiet words and chatting around her. "Just let me take one more!" Delilah begged as her, Athalia, and Scorpius stood around the duo taking pictures. Just as Coven was about to respond with a firm no, Ember groaned and turned over.

Her arms wrapped around his torso and face pressed to his bare chest. Which made both girls squeal and begin to take more photos. Which also led to Ember waking up immediately after.

"Ah! Why are you being so loud?" She complained not bothering to remove herself from the boy beside her. "Sorry Em but you both just looked so cute." Athalia grinned while placing her phone on her bed and crawling back in. Delilah leaving the room to shower. Ember only responded with a huff before snuggling into Covens warmth.

"I feel so very conflicted." Scorpius announced with a frown while tapping his pointer finger lightly on his chin. He didn't get to explain why as a knock at the door startled them all. "Just in case, Scorpius get in the bathroom and Coven stay quiet." Athalia demanded from her bed still cautious. "I'll open the door." Ember decided when Athalia didn't move. Scorpius bolted to the bathroom and opened the door. When the door shut they heard Delilah's yells and the faint sound of Scorpius's deep laughter.

Ember opened the dorm room door to be looking right into the eyes of Kieran. "Emmy." He greeted with a sly smirk. "Kieran." The name tasted like poison in her mouth. "Where's your sociopathic boyfriend?" Kieran taunted with jealousy pulling in his stomach.

"Hopefully he's planning your murder." Ember shot back making Coven bellow out a loud laugh from under Embers blankets. "So he stayed the night." Kieran observed, letting himself into the room. "He did." Ember nodded still waiting by the open door.

"So did I!" Scorpius shouted from the bathroom. "I can't believe this." Kieran scoffed, peering over at Coven while he laid shirtless in Embers bed. "Kieran." Athalia seethed with fire in her slanted eyes. It was a warning. "Athalia." He tested back. Ember paused before backing away towards her bed. She knew from past experiences not to interfere when it came to Riddle sibling rivalry.

"Why are you here?" Athalia interrogated, standing from her bed. "What? Am I not welcome in my own sisters dorm?" He chuckled like she was acting crazy. "No, your not welcome in Embers dorm." She shot back calmly. "Why should I care what Ember wants?" His head turned so he was looking directly at Ember.

Coven was behind her shooting Kieran looks that could make a grown man crumble. "I'm not having this conversation with you." Athalia decided. Shaking her head in disbelief. "We've been broken up for maybe a week and here she is whoring herself out to the psychotic new guy." Kieran hollered out angrily.

"First I was a sociopath, now I'm a psychopath. Make up your mind." Coven growled although he wasn't angry that Kieran insulted him. But every muscle in his body tightened when he insulted her. "Get out." Embers voice sounded foreign. It was dark, void of the usual light tone, malicious. "Excuse you." Kieran barked out after a brief pause.

Because although nobody noticed, that tone almost put him back in his place. "Open the door, take a couple steps back, and get the fuck out." She dumbed it down for him when he didn't listen to the first time.

She was standing up now. Hands tightened into fists. Jaw locked into place. Heart finally where it should be. Which was anywhere but in Kieran's possession. When he didn't listen the third time she opened the door for him. Silently urging him to go now. But he didn't budge.

Which led to Ember grabbing him by his wrist and hauling him down the steps. "Whatever your doing, it's not cute. I don't find it amusing. So cut the shit." She cursed, her voice monotone. "If I knew you were such a slut for crazy's I would've beat the shit out of a lot more people." The boy grinned, voice laced in disrespectful humor.