🔥🔥🔥Warning: This is a fire alarm chapter! 😏😉😘

The second we cross over the West Side boundaries, we all pull into a McDonald's parking lot. Eddie, Roman, and Marcel are already here waiting for us like we asked them to. The Ramirez brothers sit on their bikes eating their food while Marcel lounges on the hood of his mom's car. Even Raegen is here, angrily staring at her brother as she lights a cigarette.

"How many times I gotta tell you to stop smoking?" Travis snaps.

Rae cocks an eyebrow at him, blows out a cloud of smoke, and flips him off.

Shit, she's lucky we got other things to handle right now or her brother would be flipping the fuck out. But I gotta give the chick credit. She doesn't take shit from no one.

While Travis huffs and puffs like the big bad wolf and paces by his bike, Josie climbs off the back of Kade's and quickly holds her hand out.

"You know what to get?" Kade asks her as he slaps his wallet into her hand.

Josie scoffs. "five burgers, four fries, two chocolate shakes, two strawberry shakes, and a coke."

"What the fuck?" Rae narrows her eyes. "You their waitress now, Jo?"

Josie shakes her head but there's no anger in the way she looks at the blonde. "No, but the last time one of them tried to get food, they came back with only half of it, and what they did have wasn't even the right shit."

"Hey," Wild calls, his face pinching together with mock offense. "It's not my fault. The chick behind the corner was distracting the hell out of me."

"Anyone with tits distracts the hell out of you." I laugh."

Wilder's smile tugs at the side of his face. "True, true."

Eddie and Roman crack up at that while Marcel continues to stare at the sky, tuning all of us out with some old school headphones covering his ears.

"Guess I'll help, then." Rae sighs, throwing her cigarette on the ground and following Josie inside.

"So," Eddie starts, climbing off of his bike. "Some high school prick got one up on you guys?"

Travis and Wilder make equal looks of disgust at that statement while Marcel sits up and slides his headphones around his neck. The new prospect looks just as irritated as I feel, even though I manage to keep my emotions from showing on my face. But Kade's the only fucker who comes off completely calm, not an ounce of annoyance radiating from him as he rubs his chin, deep in thought.

"What you thinking, cus?" I nod to Kade.

He tips his head to look at me. "What's his motive?"

"Lexi," I say without hesitation.

The little jackass is pissed I took the girl he thought was his. Simple as that. This was payback and the other guys were collateral damage.

Kade shakes his head, unconvinced.

My eyebrows bunch together. "What else could it be?"

"I'm not saying Lexi isn't a part of this, but there's more to it," Kade answers.

"Power...reputation."

We all look over at Marcel as he slides off the hood of his borrowed ride.

"At school," Marcel continues. "Derek's the golden boy. Popular, star athlete, and straight-A student. The guys there follow his lead. They wanna be him and girls would do anything to be with him....except for Lexi. She never fully gave into him, not in the way other girls would, and to top it off, she drops him for another dude."

I clear my throat and clarify. "A West Side dude. Scum beneath his shoes as far as he's concerned."

"It's a hit to his ego," Travis adds.

Marcel nods. "And it shakes the power he holds at school. I've already seen it. Some of his boys, the few who are near his level and run things with him, they're already pulling away. The girls too. If he can't compete with-as Jace said, 'scum'- then that golden light he's been under for years starts to look a little less bright."

"I don't get it though." Roman shakes his head. "I'm new, yeah, but that fucker doesn't look like he has that much control in those halls. Where I come from, a guy like that would flex his power. Make others cower away or worship at his feet."

"He's not showy about it," Marcel agrees. "And some of those other guys would be worse than Derek when it comes to that if they had his spot. He keeps them in line, I'll give him that. But that doesn't mean this isn't important to him, that he wouldn't do whatever it takes to keep his crown."

"You talked to Lex yet?" Kade asks, turning his attention to me.

I shake my head, a slight sting of guilt reaching into my ribs. But it's not entirely my fault. My phone died while we were in lockup so after we're done here, I'm going straight to her place.

"If she can do what we think she can, that'll cover our asses with the school board meeting," he says like he's thinking out loud. "But Derek's mom is the principal. Even with his recorded confession, I wouldn't be surprised if they're able to pull strings for his sneaky ass. Give him a slap on the wrist like a suspension and volunteer work."

"They can't do that." Roman angrily scoffs.

Marcel gives a scoffed laugh. "Didn't you hear me a second ago? Small town, well-known wealthy family, star football player, and an all-around golden boy? They most definitely fucking can do that. Hell, they might brush the whole damn thing under the rug if they want. Chalk it up to a prank or some shit."

"So, even if we're cleared, this fucker still won't see any repercussions." Travis shakes his head, his shoulders bunching up as he continues to pace.

Kade nods. "It's a strong possibility, yeah."

My fists tighten at my sides with the need to hit something, preferably the asshole who got us into this fucking mess. But as Kade said, none of this is surprising. In this town, shit like drugs and weapons are expected from a bunch of lowly West Side boys. No one would think twice to find shit like that in our lockers.

But a guy like Derek? He could get away with this. Free and clear.

The thought alone tints my fucking vision in red.

"If they don't do anything to him, then we have to," Wilder says, his gaze hardening like it does when he's in the ring. His natural killer instincts kicking in.

Kade glances at him. "How?"

"If this was West County, we'd beat the shit out of him and make the school freeze him out. Ensure that everyone knows he's on the outs and to even so much as speak to him would be a move against us," Travis states, raising his head high.

"But this isn't West County High," I remind. "We don't have control over FHS like that. Only the West Side kids would know to listen."

Kade's gaze flicks to me. "Then we take control. Rule the school and put that fucker in his place."

I don't disagree.

With the rebuild of West County on an extended hold, our people will be going to FHS for a couple years if not more. Guardians would have to take control eventually to ensure we had things under control, especially for future generations. We may be graduating this year but there are a couple lower classmen that have joined up, mentored by a few older members. It'd be best to get FHS under our thumbs now and hand the reins over when we're gone, knowing that us-as experienced guys who have been around a while-can get this shit started right. Make sure no one questions the hold Guardians have.

"If you think he lost his shit about losing Lex, imagine how much it's gonna sting to lose his power," Marcel warns.

Wilder smirks. "Good. I hope it fucking burns him up. He crossed the wrong ones."

Kade nods. "And now we gotta do what we do best."

"What are we doing?" Josie asks.

She and Raegan rejoin us with drinks and bags of food in their hands. They silently ask Marcel for permission to use his car as a table and once he nods, the two girls start pulling food out on the hood.

Kade walks over and places a hand on the small of Jo's back. "I'm gonna need you to meet with Sophie and the Double-Mint twins. Get them to start rounding up the usual girls and have them look for weak links at school. Press a few buttons and find some leverage for us."

Josie's brows pinch together as her eyes land on me.

I already know what she's thinking. The last thing she wants to do is work with Sophie on anything, especially after that shit Soph pulled on Thanksgiving. I'm not all that happy about it either but what can we do?

Sophie and the twins, Destiny and Dallas, have control over the good time girls at school. The kind of chicks who like to party hard and score guys that are harder. But for a little protection when needed, they don't mind giving us a hand. Seak info that some guys will only give when fucked up and horny.

Turning her attention back to Kade, Josie pops a hand on her hip. "If I have to talk to Sophie I might just claw the bitches eyes out."

Kade shrugs." Fine. Do what you want, but after that, make sure she knows there's a job that needs to be done."

"What info are you looking for exactly?" Raegan asks this time, pushing herself up to sit on the hood of Marcel's car.

"Nothing specific," Wilder answers. "Just whatever they can find that might help us if one of Derek's boys try to get in our way."

Kade nods to Roman and Marcel. "Tomorrow morning, head to the basketball courts behind the school and find our boys, Tyree and Bug. Tell them we need back up. They'll know what it means."

Both guys nod, no questions asked.

"Need anything else, boss?" Eddie asks from his bike, his dark eyes showing an eagerness to do whatever the fuck he can from the outside.

Kade nods with a grin. "Yeah, we're gonna need some new leathers for you prospects and set up a show of power by the time those final school bells ring tomorrow."

Eddie smiles, seeing the same wheels turning in Kade's head that the rest of us do.

Derek might have gotten us removed from school, for now, but that won't keep us from being in his face or kicking him off his fucking pedestal.

I took Lexi from him and now, we're gonna take his whole damn school.

After talking with the guys, I toss my half-eaten food away and take off. It's already late, most of the small shops are closed down for the night. Their blacked-out windows act as mirrors, reflecting blurred images of me driving well above the speed limit back over the West Side boundary line.

It takes me half the usual time to reach Lexi's place, her house just as dark as those closed shops. I can't call her to tell her I'm here so I try the front door and back doors, hoping she might've left me an easy way in.

I'm just as fucking proud as I am frustrated to find both doors locked. The only option I'm left with is the old trellis by her window, but the thing looks rickety as hell. Last time I climbed that, I was two years younger and a good fifty pounds lighter. I'm gonna wind up breaking this damn thing but it's either that or throw a rock at her window, and quiet stealth sounds a lot better than causing a commotion and waking her mom. If that happens, there's no way I'm getting inside tonight, or any night soon.

With a deep resigned breath, I start scaling the flimsy woodwork wrapped in veins. Halfway up, the sound of something snapping beneath me cracks through the silence, and my right foot slips, the rung I was stepping on having given out completely.

"Fuck," I hiss and tighten my grip to keep from falling, effectively cutting my palm on one of the vines. "Son of a bitch!"

Shifting my weight, I step up and find my footing again. The trellis creaks beneath my weight giving me cause to freeze just as the window above slides open.

"Jace?"

I look up to see Lexi gazing down at me. Her brows pinch together as her hair hangs loosely around her, framing that beautiful face.

"Hey, baby." I smile wide.

"What are you doing?"

I glance at the trellis and then back at her. "Climbing."

"Why didn't you just call?" She asks, biting back a laugh.

"Thought this would be more romantic."

She cocks a brow at me.

"Okay." I chuckle. "My phone died."

Shaking her head, Lexi's bright smile fills her face. "How about you get down and I'll go open the front door?"

"Good idea."

Shoving off the trellis, I drop down and land on the grass in a crouch. I wipe my hands on my jeans and quickly dart around to the front just as Lexi's slowly opening the door. She carefully peaks out, scanning the yard until she sees me, her eyes lighting up under the glow of the moon.

I take the porch steps two at a time to reach her. "There's my girl."

"Hey," she whispers just before I pick her up and slam my lips to her.

Lexi latches onto me, wrapping her legs around my waist as she kisses me back. It's like she's breathing fresh air into my lungs, making me forget all about the shitty day I've had.

"How are you?" She asks, breaking away and leaning her forehead against mine.

"Better now."

And ain't that the honest fucking truth. I've been tense all day sitting in that tiny damn cell at the station. I wasn't worried exactly, I knew Uncle Rob would get us out. But that doesn't make the visit any more enjoyable.

This is what I needed right here, having my girl wrapped around me, feeling her skin against mine.

Her lips tip to one side. "Wanna take me back upstairs, big guy?"

Fuck yeah.

A low rumble sounds from my chest and I lightly kick the door shut behind me. Lex giggles and holds on tight as I run up the stairs with her in my arms, my heavy footsteps thumping through the house.

"Shush." She holds her finger up to her lips. "You're gonna wake up my mom."

Ignoring her warning, I lightly bite her shoulder, only covered by the thin fucking strap of her tank top. She loudly gasps and the sound instantly makes my dick twitch.

"Look who's being loud now," I whisper, my body warming up when the look in her eyes shifts from teasing to turned-the-fuck-on.

I slow down as we reach the top of the stairs and quietly walk us the rest of the way to her room. Pausing once the door is shut, I listen for any sounds of her mom stirring. When I don't hear any, I carry my girl to her bed and drop her onto the mattress before climbing between her legs.

"I missed you," I whisper, running the back of my hand down the side of her face.

Lex closes her eyes and leans into my touch. "I did too, and I was so worried about you."

"I told you not to worry. We had it covered."

She shrugs, making one of her tank top straps slide off her shoulder. "I couldn't help it. You were supposed to call and it's what?" she looks back at the clock on her nightstand. "Nearly midnight."

A twist of pain stabs me in the fucking chest. It only gets worse when I notice her phone resting on a pillow next to an indent of where she must've been sleeping.

Shit.

I bury my face in the crook of her neck and kiss my way to her ear. "I'm so sorry, baby. My phone died and then we had to meet with some of the guys to work shit out. I came right here after that."

Lexi nods as I pull back to look at her face. With a mischievous light in her eyes, she wrinkles her nose and leans back. "Guess that explains the smell."

"What smell?"

I jerk back and sniff my shirt, making her giggle in the process.

"I'm just kidding, babe," Lex says through her soft laughter, her curvy body shaking beneath me from the force of it.

"I don't know." I take another sniff. "I do kinda smell like a jail cell right now."

Maybe she is joking and can't actually smell it, but I can. It's a sad foul stench that brings me back to sitting behind those bars. Kade and I shared a small space with one bench and a toilet barely hidden behind a half wall made of bricks. Wilder and Travis were only a few feet away, separated by another row of bars in an area identical to ours. They didn't stay with us long though.

As minors, they were released to the custody of their 'parents.' Meaning Wild's drunk of a dad showed up long enough to sign him out and Travis's stepmom waltzed in wearing clothes that cost more than every cop car owned by the Freecaster PD put together. While Wilder's dad took off, Travis's stepmom hung around for a little while and flirted with a few of the rookie cops. Those fuckers ate it up, not realizing they were getting a hard-on for a chick that's nearly our age, one that's married to the wealthiest fucker on the West Side. A man that wouldn't think twice about knocking out a man for even breathing in the direction of his trophy wife.

Travis watched with disgust until he couldn't take it anymore and stormed out of the station. He and Wild waited on the front steps until Uncle Rob and Josie showed up to get me and Kade out.

After hours of being locked in that old ass building, the scent of mold and shit I don't even want to think about now cling to my clothes.

I should've washed up before coming over here.

Running her knuckles across my jaw, Lexi pulls me out of my thoughts. Her small delicate fingers trace a path to my chin and nudge my face up to look at her. With a tilt of her head, my girl gives me a devilish smile that has my cock swelling in my jeans. "Wanna take a shower then?"

Never in my life has taking a shower sounded so fucking dirty. But coming from those full tempting lips, her voice ragged with need as she watches me from hooded eyes, I'm ready to do whatever it is she wants. Shower. Fuck. Dive my mouth between her thighs. Whatever she wants, I'll give her.

With zero hesitancy, I push from the bed and pull her with me. We don't make a sound as we reach the bathroom in the hall but once the door is shut, our mouths clash at the same time we start stripping our clothes off. Each piece hits the floor and our lips barely break apart.

Slipping off her bra, leaving nothing left but her panties, I can't take it anymore. My need for Alexis has turned into a straight fucking addiction. I shed my boxers, completely naked as I rush her and wrap my hands around the back of her thighs. My touch glides up her soft silky skin and I can feel goosebumps break out beneath my fingertips. When I reach her ass, I lift Lexi up and bring her to the sink, my mouth leaving her's to travel down her throat.

"Mm, Jace," she moans in my ear, making my cock jerk to attention. Feeling how bad I want her, her head falls back with another groan that spikes my fucking body temp.

"Is this what you been waiting for, baby?" I scrape my teeth along her racing pulse. "You stayed up waiting for me to get here and give that pussy what it wants?"

A shiver runs through her body, pressed firmly against me as a heady moan escapes those plump lips, already swollen from my kisses. Her heavy breaths and sounds of desire are like music to my ears.

I grind against her lace-covered center and groan. She's already fucking wet, soaked through the thin material.

"These need to go," I say, hooking a finger in her panties and ripping them from her hips.

She gasps, those shining hazel eyes filled with a burning hunger. "I'm gonna have to buy more panties because of you."

"Fuck that, go without. Make it easier for me."

She arches her back, pressing her chest against me, and wiggles her ass to the edge of the counter as I suck and nip along her collar bone. "If you want a shower, we might wanna get the water going."

I want to protest. Hold her right here and slide into her slick heat. But the image of her in the shower, water rushing over every curve and dip of her body while I fuck her against the wall is enough to make me step back.

Lex slips off the counter and opens the shower door. She bends over to turn the shower knobs, giving me a glorious view of her backside. I don't realize I've crowded behind her until my cock meets her heated skin, straining against the roundest ass I've ever had the pleasure of seeing.

Lex giggles, continuing to adjust the water temp and pushing back, grinding against my erection. A low groan drags from my throat and I grip the base of my cock. With my free hand palming her ass, I slide myself along her crack, turning her laughter into a surprised breathy sound.

"Keep fucking with me, Alexis. I'll take you right here."

She nods and straightens up. Turning to face me, she's already panting and takes a step back. My eyes stay locked on her as I follow her in and shut the tinted shower door behind me. Her next step brings her directly under the showerhead. In the blink of an eye, her body is drenched from head to toe. Dark chocolate hair clings to her shoulders and back while rivulets and streams of water trace the shape of her body, dripping from her arms, face, and tits.

This girl-my girl-is a fucking fantasy come true. The kind of sight that dreams are made of. Very hot, wet dreams.

"You gonna stand there all night and stare?" she asks with a tilt of her head.

A smirk finds my lips and I step closer, letting the water wash over me. Just as I did to her, Lexi watches as the heated liquid flows down my body, covering every muscle and plain, the steam wafting off my skin.

Narrowing my eyes as I look into her passion laced gaze, I tease her back. "Enjoying the view?"

Lexi locks eyes with me, a shuddered exhale falling from her lips. "Kiss me, Jace."

Ain't gotta tell me twice.

I step forward and cage my own personal temptress between me and the shower wall and capture her mouth with mine. Her arms wrap around my neck with the speed of light, eager fingers tangling in my hair. While she presses harder against me, her beaded nipples skating against my pecs, I slip my tongue into her mouth, tasting sugar and pure fucking ecstasy.

My pulse is out of control, thumping through every vein in my body and going straight to my dick. Needing to feel her like I need my next breath, I grind into her and she moans into my mouth. But just as I'm about to lift her into the air, she manages to spin us and pushes me against the wall.

"What are you doing?" I growl, reaching and grabbing her wrist, yanking her against me.

Lexi falls forward, her hands landing on my chest. With a misty sigh, her nails drag across my skin and she licks her lips. "It's my turn to taste you."

My jaw drops.

Fuck me.

That's the hottest fucking thing I've ever heard and my cock is already painfully straining in anticipation

A crooked smile pulls at her lips. "Sound good?"

"Sounds like heaven, baby."

Keeping her eyes locked with mine, she places a kiss on my chest, right above the pounding organ that seems to beat solely for her. Each placement of her lips gets lower and lower until she's on her knees in the water collecting at the bottom of the shower.

How did I get so lucky?

For years I thought I was doomed to live without this girl, damned for eternity. I accepted it but that doesn't mean it didn't slice me deep every day. Now here I am, with her desperate to please me, ease my fucking soul, and take away the stress from a day that went to hell.

I'm not sure I deserve it. I'm not sure I deserve her. But I'll be damned if I let her belong to anyone else even if I have to work day and night to be worthy enough to keep her.

"Baby, you don't have to," I find myself saying.

Lexi wraps her hand around my cock, barely able to close her whole hand around it, and licks her lips. "But I want to. I want you, Jace. All of you. In every way."

She doesn't give me a chance to respond before her tongue sneaks out and licks the precum from the head of my dick.

I jerk instantly, my head falling back against the shower wall with a tortured groan. "Goddamn, Alexis."

Her breath fans across my skin and I drop my chin to my chest, looking down at her. I don't want to miss any of this. Not a single fucking second.

Dark thick eyelashes flutter against her cheeks, but she doesn't close her eyes completely. A small smile tips her lips before they're parting and she's leaning forward. My girl takes me into her mouth, closing halfway down, her lips sealing around my heated skin.

A growl rips from deep in my fucking chest and she sucks as she slowly pulls back, her tongue dragging against the underside of my cock. My hips involuntarily jerk forward, my body craving more of her mouth. But she just smiles around me, not letting me slip free as her tongue flicks the tip.

Her eyes fly open, looking up to connect with mine, a wild hunger filling those hazel irises as she goes back for more. Her mouth wraps around me, further, deeper, practically letting me hit the back of her fucking throat.

"Fuck," I groan through clenched teeth, and my right-hand dives into Lexi's hair, fisting the dark strands.

Her cheeks hollow as she continues to suck me off, her silky mouth feeling like pure fucking heaven tinted with the sinful heat of hell. When her tongue rolls around my cock like her favorite fucking candy, I deeper rumble rips through me and I tug on her hair, forcing her to moan in return. The sound coming from her vibrates through me but she doesn't let up, gripping my hips and sinking her nails into my skin.

Every muscle in my body is taut and only grows tenser as Lex bobs faster, taking me as deep as she can, as fast as she can. She pumps and sucks like it's her life's fucking mission to make me come. Like she's dying to taste everything I can give her on her tongue.

My head slams back against the shower wall. "Son of a bitch, baby. Just like that...that mouth...fuck."

She smiles again, humming with pride and I know I'm close. My knuckles turn white gripping her hair and I start to pump in her mouth, obsessed with the feeling of her. She doesn't fight me, letting me fuck her mouth and moaning around me.

"Now's your chance, baby," I rasp, gritting my teeth. "In you or on you?"

Her eyes narrow with determination and her delicate hand tightens around the base of my cock.

"That's my girl."

Another couple pumps into her mouth, a mouth made just for me, as her tongue twists and rolls, and my body is locking up. My chin drops to my chest again as I bare my teeth, looking at the sweetest sight.

A ground-shaking roar shoots from the deepest parts of me as I jerk between her lips. "Fuck!"

My release is hard, coming in her perfect mouth with rough jerking thrusts. But Lexi doesn't freeze up or simply take what I give her. She continues to suck and pump me between her lips, working to get every last drop she can and swallowing all of it while keeping her gaze locked with mine. For the first time, I'm fucking speechless. My breathing is heavy, labored, but I don't know if that's from having my girl worshipping my cock the way she did or it's the emotions shining in her eyes and filling my fucking soul.

I swear to God this girl was made for me.

When the last shake leaves me, Lexi slowly withdraws and lets my dick go with a pop. A self-satisfied smile graces her swollen lips as she stands up, face to face with me under the pelting water.

"Good?" She asks, knowing the fucking answer already.

Still lost for words like a fucking idiot, I spin us back around and push her against the shower wall. I dive for her throat, sucking and nipping the soft skin that covers her pulse.

"I'll take that as a yes." Lex giggles.

"That's a fuck yes."

My hands skim down the side of her body, tracing her ribs and sliding over her hips. Even after everything, I still can't get enough. I need to make her feel as good as she made me feel. Give back everything she gave me. It's an obsessive need that's taken over every thought in my mind.

Slipping my hand between her legs, I dip my fingers between her slick folds, already dripping for me.

"Damn, baby," I growl in her ear. "Sucking me off gets you this wet?"

Lexi's head falls back with a shuddered breath. "Y-Yes."

I slip two fingers inside her and she softly moans. A couple thrusts into her heated core and I add a third finger, growling like a caged animal when she clenches around me. My thumb works her clit in rhythm with each pump of my hand while my other hand travels back up her body to squeeze her breasts, enjoying the feel of her wet skin against mine. The added moisture from the shower creates a messy squelching sound with every push of my hand and heightens every brush of our bodies in a chorus of fucking pure dirty lust that already has me growing hard again.

I slam my mouth to hers, my tongue plunging into her blissful mouth with the need to savor the flavor of her but it's not enough. I'm just about to drop to my knees, craving to have her cum on my tongue like a goddamn feign, when a knock sounds on the bathroom door.

Lexi's eyes shoot open wide and her body locks up. I can't help it though. I'm not stopping no matter what.

Kissing the soft spot beneath her ear, I smirk against her damp skin. "Don't make a sound, sweetheart."

Relentlessly, I twist and curl my fingers to hit the spot that makes her shake in my hand. Alexis does as she's told though, biting back her sounds of desire as her head falls forward to lay on my shoulder.

"Lex?" her mom's voice calls from the hall. "Are you taking a shower?"

Grinning like an evil bastard, my thrusts become harder, faster, wrecking her sweet pussy. A soundless gasp leaves her and her hips begin to rock, grinding herself on my hand.

Lex clears her throat. "Y-Yeah."

"It's the middle of the night?" Ms. Cheryl asks sounding like she's half asleep.

Lexi's eyes roll back as I nip and bite along her jaw.

"Ride my fucking fingers, baby," I instruct quietly and sink my teeth into my bottom lip when she does exactly that. "Good girl."

"I...I couldn't sleep," my sexy temptress just barely manages to get out, a croak following her words as I add pressure to her clit with my thumb.

The door handle jiggles but doesn't give thanks to the lock. "Are you ok in there, Lex?"

But Alexis can't answer. Her pussy clenches tight around my fingers as she rolls her hips faster, curling her little tempting body to chase her release. I pump faster, ruthless in my need to make her come. She's shaking, teetering on the fucking edge, and fighting not to make a sound.

I lick the length of her throat and bite her ear before growling low enough for her to hear. "Fucking come, Alexis."

"Lexi, I asked if you're ok?" Her mom's voice breaks through louder.

Twisting my fingers one last time, my girl shatters in my hand.

"Yes!" She groans over the sound of the running shower before I slam my mouth over hers, swallowing the moans and cries that rip from her throat.

"Okay," Ms. Cheryl says. "I'm going back to bed. Don't stay up late, you got school tomorrow."

Lexi continues to tremble, her desire coating my fingers and dripping down my hand while I feast on her mouth like I'm starving. As she rides out the last waves of her orgasm, our tangled tongues slow, no longer fighting for dominance. We lazily taste each other, content, and satisfied.

I slip my fingers out of her at the same time I take her bottom lip between my teeth and enjoy the way her body trembles against mine. Pulling away from her sweet mouth, I suck her juices off my fingers and fucking groan as her taste assaults my senses, taking over my every thought and confirming my need for her.

She's mine. Today. Tomorrow. Forever.

Lexi's eyes dilate with lust while she watches me clean her form my skin before lightly slapping me on the chest. "We could've gotten caught."

I shrug and step further under the water, bringing her with me.

"I'm serious." She huffs. "That was a close call."

"I locked the door. We were good," I assure her and grab the soap to start washing us.

She wants to argue more but loses the fight when I begin to cover her body with my soapy hands. "Fine. But next time..."

"Next time nothing," I interrupt. "I'm not gonna stop fucking you no matter who might catch us. They can either listen or get lost."

Lex narrows her eyes but doesn't say anything else.

She can get mad all she wants but I meant what I said. Not only would I not want to stop ravishing her body, but I'm not sure I could. Once I have her like that, I'm too far gone. Lost in her bright bold eyes and the way her body sets mine on fire. Like it or not, there's no way I could stop once I get started.

Aren't you hooked like me, baby?

Quickly, we wash each other, racing to finish while the water starts to cool. When we're done, she checks the hall for any signs of her mom before we dart back into her room. Before we climb into bed for the night, I lock the door again, just in case we go for another round later in the night.

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Hey loves, hope you all enjoyed this fire alarm chapter. I know there was only a little bit of story progress and then a whole lot of heat, but I wanted to give you all some steam before things end...cause we're close. Don't have an exact number of how many chapters left, but it's close(Fingers crossed for the end of the month🤞). PLUS, someone once asked me for a spicy chapter from Jace's POV, so to that person I say...

Now for the questions!

Did it surprise you to find out Derek has more control over the school than what's been mentioned before? Do you think Marcel is right, is Derek more pissed about his reputation than he is about losing Lexi? Do you like the idea for the Guardians to take over the school? Any ideas how they're going to do that? And lastly, how was that shower scene😏? Did you like getting that kind of scene from Jace's POV?

Let me know what you think in the comments and if you like what you read, please hit that star button!

As usual, the teaser for chapter 46 will be posted on my Instagram and Twitter in a day or two. Keep an eye out for it!