She grins impishly. “I was talking to Aurora. Apparently Kirill was in the hot tub showing everyone his new ring.”
I frown. “You made that soundwaymore scandalous than it?—”
“The ring is through the tip of his dick.”
Arianna makes a sour face and Wren scrunches up her nose.
“Why?” Wren groans. “Justwhy?”
Galina shrugs. “I mean, I hear it’s supposed to feel amazing for the girl?”
Lucia nods. “I’ve heard that too. I was actually thinking about getting my hood pierced, but changed my mind after getting my nipples done. That shithurt.”
“What?!” Galina squeals, her brows shooting up. “Seriously?”
Lucia shrugs, unzips her hoodie, and tugs her bra down to reveal two small metal bars through her nipples.
“Holyshit,” Ari gapes. “That must havesucked.”
Lucia makes a face. “It…wasn’t pleasant.”
“Which hurt more, those or the tats?” Wren asks her.
Lucia blushes. “Depends which tattoo we’re talking about.”
Galina leans forward gleefully. “For real? Which one could suck more than getting your fuckingnipspierced?”
“The one on my pussy.”
After the rest of us are done shrieking and clenching our legs together, Lucia ends up standing and peeling down the front of her yoga pants and underwear just enough to show the delicate dot-work Mandela tattooed on her pubic area.
“Okay, that’s it,” Galina declares. “You are officially the baddest ass I’ve ever met, and this calls for drinks.”
She jumps off her bed and darts over to her desk, grabbing a bottle of Prosecco from the mini-fridge underneath it and some paper cups from a drawer.
“A toast!” she laughs. “To Lucia and hermassiveballs of steel.”
“So,” Wren grins, gulping down her Prosecco. “How fast did Para Bellum throw Kirill out of the party when he started flashing his dick piercing around?”
Galina’s eyes bulge. “Ohmygod!That’s the best part!” She leans forward. “Theydidn’t. Apparently, Selene Drakos was in there with him for like an hour. It’squitethe scandal on the socials today.”
Lucia laughs. “Wow. Attractive college students party in hot tub together. In other news, water is wet.”
I snort a laugh. But suddenly I’m remembering Jude’s fierce words in the common room this morning.
He’s a fucking menace, is what he is.
Was thatjealousy?
“Oh, shit!” Lucia suddenly blurts, startling us all. “I totally forgot!” She scrambles to yank her phone out of her hoodie pocket. “Did you guys see?!”
Arianna frowns. “See what?”
“Velvet Villainess!” Lucia says excitedly, tapping on her phone. “She posted a video at like three a.m. last night, and it’sobviouslyfilmed at Kingsward Hall.”
The rest of us scramble closer as she navigates to Velvet Villainess' page and taps on the latest video. Same as usual, it begins with her dancing seductively to super sultry music that would be perfect for a dark romance book’s playlist.
She’s wearing a blank hockey mask, sort of like Jason's in theFriday the 13thmovies. Except this one is matte black and has bright pink kissy lips painted onto the mouth. Her long blonde hair cascades down in gorgeous waves, framing the mask as she dances.