Chapter 13 King Dodgeball

Chapter 13 King Dodgeball

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I could feel Tessa’s teasing gaze as I stood next to Cade. He hadn’t spoken to me once while the others were partnering up. Additionally, I could sense Sienna ncing at me from time to time, her gaze sharp enough to cut through ss..

“You again,” I muttered..

Asmall smirk made its way to his lipsb. /b“Shouldn’t I be saying bthat/b, Flub?”

I clicked my tongue, crossing my arms in front of my bchest /bas annoyance surged through my veins. “Why do you keep calling me that?”

He merely shrugged, not bothering to answer my question. I sighed and focused my gaze on Mr. Thompson, who had just finished partnering everyone up.

“As you know,” he continued, “I won’t let you do these things without merits. The pair who wins will get ten points beach/b.

Murmurs of excitement echoed across the gym. There it was again–the dreaded point system.

“But.” Mr. Thompson added with a smirk, “you will not be ying on your own.”

He nced at bhis /bwatch. “They must being at any moment.”

-What’s happening, sir?” Sienna asked, raising her hand.

“I’ve talked bto /banother teacher in this subject, band /bwe decided bto /bjoin the two sses today for a grand game of King Dodgeball. However, they are not freshmen like byou/b,” he concluded.

Right on bcue/b, like the heavens were listening to Mr. Thompson’s announcement, the gym doors opened, and the scent of experience wafted through the air.

bUnfamiliar /bfaces arrived, but among them, one person stood out. I froze, my pulse quickening and bounding against my

nerves.

1 began bbreathing /bheavily before bI /bcould stop myself.

“Kierall,

over here!”

“Wait ba /bsecond,” he chuckled as he tied his bshoe/b, jogging over to bhis /bgroup of friends. It bwas /ba voice I bhad /bheard many times, but bbearing /bit now bsent /bba /bshiver down bmy /bbspine/b, band /bnot the good bkind/b.

For the first time, Cade nced at me, bbut /bI bwas /btoo consumed by fear. Kieran was someone I wanted bto /bbavoid /bat all costs.

At times, he was even worse bthan /bmy parents, making me feel like I didn’t have a bce /bin our bfamily /b

If he knew I bwas /bhere….

I bshook /bbmy /bhead, not wanting to think about it.

“Hey, Flub,” Cade said, bsnapping /bme out of my thoughts.

I turned to him, bating my bottom lip. His beyes /bzed over my lips once, and I bswore /bhis gray eyes darkened, but I could be

Wrong

The sighed band /bmassaged the bridge of his nose. “It’s about to start,” he bsaid/b. “Du you even know the rules of the

I slowly nodded.

Cade shook his bhead /b“Why did I have to get stuck bwith /bsomeone as ipetent as you?”

bgame/bb?/b”

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retaliate

I couldn’t

“Get behind me.”

I didn’t waste any time. If I wanted to avoid Kieran, then hiding myself from Cade was my best shot. I saw him through my peripheral bvision/b, and it seemed he still hadn’t noticed my presence.

Good. I wanted to keep it that way.

With that, Miss Thompson blew on the whistle. I held onto Cade’s shirt as he evaded the attacks effortlessly.

It seemed we were their greatest targets. They wanted to get Cade out first, because if that happened, they would have a higher chance of winning.

My vision quickly grew blurry with how fast he was moving.

“Slow down.” I managed to utter after a while, but he merely clicked his tongue.

“You can’t even keep up with this?”

Just then, a bvery /bfast spike bcame /btoward our way, and it was aimed right at my side. And of course, it was by none bother /bthan bmy /bbrother.

I felt my grip loosening from Cade’s shirt, so I naturally did what I could have done–wrap my arms around his torso.

A bsmall /bgasp escaped my lips bas /bI felt his hard and toned body.

“Hands,” he said through gritted teeth. “Are you enjoying groping my abs?”

“N–no,” I eximed softly. “I have no choice. You’re moving too fast,”

Cade ced his hand over my arm, and I gasped once more when I felt how cool he was against my warm skin.

However, he bhad /bno btime /bto remove my grip bas /banother bball /bcame btoward /bus. A string of curses left bhis /blips and he began attacking recklessly, bcliminating /bthree bcouples /bout with just one throw.

The others began murmuring in amazement, but it still wasn’t finished. I kept bmy /bbarms /baround his waist, not because I wanted to bbut /bbecause I bhad /bno choice!

This was the best way to hide my face, too.

I peeked through his shoulders bonce /bbut bfound /bthat my brother was still in the game.

I quickly hid my face bbehind /bCade’s back once more.

“Seriously,” he said. “You’re really enjoying bthis/bb, huh/b?”

“Tin not,” I weakly bsaid/b. “Please, let’s just make this bquick /bband /bbwin/b.”

He bsubtly /bshook bhis /bbhead/b. “bYou /bdon’t even bhave /bto tell me.

With those words, he bbegan /bmoving in lightning speed, band /bI could bbarely /bkeep up. However, we had gone btoo /bfar into thepetition to stop now. Besides, there bwas /bba /bnagging voice in bmy /bhead that made bme /bbwant /bto beat my brother at this game. I hud never beaten him before, band /bthis could be my chance.

Hefore I knew itb, /bbwe /bwere down to thest live couples, and as expected, bKieran /band his bpartner /bstill remained

Cade clicked his tongue. “Tighten your grip” he said.

“bWhat/b?” I asked, but before I could bprocess /banything else. Cade began moving faster. It bwas /bsurreal—for a werewolf, it was even faster than I had ever imagined truly struggled this time

bAnd /bbefore I knew it, my grip on hum loosened. I felt adrenaline bsurge /bbthrough /bmy veins.

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bThat /bwas ba /banother ground of elimination–being separated from your partner.

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So, even if my arms slid down due to Cade’s speed, I still bheld /bonto him for dear life, my face pressed against his back where all I could see bwas /bnothing but ck.

However, just as I braced for his movement, he suddenly stopped, and my vision became clear once more.

I turned to the side, where the eliminated yers were and saw them looking at the two of us with wide eyes.

It was only then that I realized I had been gripping something… untouchable. Something very warm–bas /bopposed to his skin.

I was holding onto his crotch, bright /bwhere his cock was.