Mutant Academy (The Fundamental Society Book 1)

by Yumoyori Wilson

  She deep throated me, using her entire mouth to swallow me whole.

  Once she had devoured my entire shaft, I let go. I couldn’t hold on any longer. I had to release the pleasure. With one final grunt, I exploded my hot seed down her throat. Much to my surprise, Tara guzzled down every last drop. She slurped and smacked her lips as if my warm cum was delicious to her taste buds.

  “Did you like it?” I asked, still trembling in the aftermath of my climax.

  “It was great.” She propped herself on her tip toes and planted a kiss on my lips.

  “You’re becoming a woman,” I said to her and stroked her hair.

  “I feel like one.” Tara’s expression blazed like wildfire through my heart.

  “Do you want to head back to the campus?” I asked and took her hand after pulling my pants back up. I nudged my chin in the direction of the cafeteria building. “They’ll probably be serving dinner soon.”

  Tara grinned. “I could eat.”

  Her charisma and charm were irresistible. We walked hand-in-hand away from the beach, knowing that we now had this private secret. I was in heaven with her, and I was beyond thrilled that she had entered our lives. From my viewpoint, the adventure had only just begun.

  26

  Tara

  The student cafeteria was a square, one-story brick building that had a plume of smoke coming from the roof where the fryers and the burners were going full blast, diligently working overtime to make sure the hundreds of hungry Mutants in attendance at this school got fed properly.

  I stopped Jude right before we walked inside the building, taking his hand and squeezing it.

  “Hey.”

  His eyes lit up like a candle in the dark. “Hey.”

  The earnest smile on his face was enough to speak a million words to my heart.

  “I just wanted to thank you.”

  His eyes flickered with confusion. “For what?”

  He was extremely humble and gallant.

  “For helping me. For taking the time out of your busy schedule to take me down to the beach and for encouraging me that I have enough talent to persevere.”

  “Of course you do.” Jude’s eyes sparkled. “You just got here. Cut yourself some slack. It’s not going to be an overnight process. But I admire you for your competitive nature. It will help you out there in the world.”

  I grinned and scuffed my boot against the railing of the steps.

  “I also wanted to thank you for, um…making me feel so good. You know.” I glanced at him. “Down there.”

  Jude’s expression was wild and mischievous. “You’re welcome.”

  “I also enjoyed doing that to you…”

  “So did I.” He grinned playfully.

  I felt blood rush between my legs, and I began to throb once again in that secret place. My cheeks burned with desire.

  “We better go in now before people start to wonder where we are,” I said.

  “Let them wonder.”

  Jude’s smile was tempting and irresistible. I leaned up and planted a kiss on his supple lips.

  We walked into the cafeteria together. There was a rush of noisy conversations buzzing around the large eating hall.

  There were groups and clusters of Mutant students enjoying dinner together, talking, laughing, and engaging in lighthearted conversation.

  “I can’t believe this is my life now.” I shook my head and scanned the room.

  “It makes you appreciate the small stuff more,” Jude agreed. “To know that you came from a bleak background to this…” He gestured around the area. “It’s a spectacular feeling for sure.”

  “I couldn’t agree more.” I peered up at him and matched his dazzling smile.

  He glanced over my head. He was at least a foot taller than I was. His face lit up with recognition and he pointed across the room.

  “The others are already here.”

  I glanced over my shoulder and found our group of friends sitting at a table near the macaroni and potato bar.

  Gabriel spotted us at the same time and waved us over in an attempt to flag us down. I waved back and we began walking toward the table.

  “Hey, everybody,” I said, hearing a zesty sparkle in my own voice.

  The truth was, I was happy to see that Megan was also sitting with our group now.

  She still looked a little uncomfortable, as if she felt like she was out of place, but I hoped that over time she would begin to trust us and shed her layers of doubt. I understood where she was coming from. It was hard to put trust in people in this cruel world we lived in, but once you opened up, so did a world of opportunities.

  “Sit here.” Pete patted an empty chair next to him.

  “Thanks.” I smiled and took the seat.

  “You guys haven’t started eating yet?” Jude asked.

  “No.” Liam shook his head. “We just got here. We were wondering where you two had wandered off.”

  I exchanged a look with Jude, but much to my relief, he came to my rescue.

  He scratched the back of his head and cleared his throat. “We, uh…were down at the beach practicing skill traits for Tara’s martial arts class.”

  I thought it sounded believable enough.

  “Yep.” I nodded to confirm. “Who’s hungry? I know I am!” I immediately wanted to change the subject.

  Liam and Nick looked at each other and then glanced back at me. “Yeah, the crowd has died down a little. We can go get a tray.”

  We all sat our bags on the table to save the spots and walked single-file through the food line.

  “You are going to want to steer clear of the bread pudding for dessert,” Pete leaned down and whispered in my ear.

  I grinned at him. “Is that so?”

  “Yeah.” He nodded vigorously. “I don’t know what they put in that stuff, but it’s disgusting.”

  “I always go straight for the chocolate cake.” Jude chuckled behind me.

  I smiled. “You can never go wrong with chocolate cake. Isn’t that the truth?”

  “Absolutely,” he and Pete chimed in unison.

  We sat down at the table a few minutes later after everyone had filled their plates to the brim with an array of food.

  “What a feast,” I said and smiled at Megan, who was glancing down at her pork chops with fervent hunger.

  She lifted her chin and glanced at me. “It’s a far cry from that terrible mush we used to have to swallow down at the Home Base camps.”

  “Yuck.” I wrinkled my nose and squirmed in my seat. “I don’t miss that at all.”

  “The Fundamental Society scientists didn’t want to feed us anything that they thought might alter our moods or personalities,” I said. “What a crock of shit that turned out to be.”

  “Yeah.” Megan laughed and picked up her fork, hovering it over her food and looking fully determined to dig right in.

  She looked a little more comfortable now. It was going to be good for us all to get a decent meal in our bellies.

  “I just wish my sister was here to enjoy this dinner with us.” Megan blinked as she gulped down her glass of milk and then wiped her lips with a napkin.

  “Me too.” My voice was soft as I eyed the guys one by one.

  Liam adjusted his weight on the seat and propped one elbow up on the table. “We need to discuss a new tactic.”

  “Yeah.” Gabriel rolled his eyes and took a bite of mashed potatoes. “Because clearly, just blindly running through the woods was not our best moment. We’re just going to end up chased every time.”

  I sighed heavily and rubbed my temples. “Poor Maddie.”

  “What do you think happened to her? Why do you think she ran away from you?”

  When I glanced up, Megan was staring at me expectantly.

  I shook my head. “Honestly, I have no idea.”

  “Something in her brain was probably altered by the electric shock,” Pete said and pushed the rim of his glasses up the bridge of his nose.”

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nbsp; “Here we go, time for a lecture.” Liam and Nick chuckled and fist bumped each other.

  Pete gave them a glare. “I don’t find that particularly amusing.”

  “Let him talk,” Megan said, surprising us all with her sudden burst of outspokenness. She looked at Pete and nudged her chin at him in a gesture to continue. “He might have a point here. Go on.”

  “Well, anyway,” Pete said and eyed the group before beginning again. “I have a theory that after her brief lapse of consciousness, she woke up and found us all standing in a circle around her, which probably made her extremely paranoid and flustered. She probably lost her sense of direction and didn’t realize she was leaving you behind.”

  Pete looked at me.

  “It makes sense.”

  “It’s better than assuming that she would have left you on purpose,” Nick said.

  “No.” I shook my head with determination. “Not Maddie. She would never do that to me.”

  I felt Megan’s gaze on me. I felt almost guilty that I had probably spent more years with Maddie than her own twin sister had. I knew that Megan probably felt robbed of the relationship.

  That was why it was extremely important that we find Maddie alive before it was too late. She deserved to be reunited with Megan, and Megan needed that peace of mind and closure too. It was going to be an epic reunion, and I refused to give up hope that Maddie was still out there somewhere waiting for us to find her.

  We were eating and talking about a plan to go back out on the boat when I noticed Liam and Nick begin to behave somewhat strangely.

  They kept exchanging wary glances with each other. Their demeanors shifted. They were normally carefree, rowdy twins, but now they had darkened features and kept their gazes down. They fidgeted in their seats and grew increasingly silent.

  Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who noticed.

  Gabriel narrowed his eyes and placed his fork down on his plate. He gave them a scrutinizing glance.

  “What the hell is wrong with you guys?”

  Liam and Nick looked at each other as if apprehensive about mentioning what was on their minds.

  “It’s them.” Liam subtly lifted his chin in the direction of the table behind us.

  “Don’t look,” Nick blurted out. “But I think they’re listening to our conversation.

  “You do?” A sudden burst of paranoia rushed through my mind. “Why?” I had to resist the temptation to look over my shoulder and see who the twins were referring to.

  “You are safe here,” Nick said, “but the darkness is never far behind.”

  “It’s true.” Gabriel’s expression was somber. “You can never let down your guard.”

  I looked at Megan, both of us confused.

  “We have reason to believe that there is a group of students at this school, who, although they are Mutants, they have been corrupted,” Liam said.

  Megan frowned. “Corrupted? In what way?”

  Liam took a deep breath and gave us all a gaze of regret. “We think that they have been brainwashed in some capacity by the Fundamental Society scientists. We can’t say for sure how this might have happened, but we think they are working for…” He trailed off as if it was going to kill him to say the words. “Working for them.”

  Megan’s jaw dropped. “You think that there are students here working for the Fundamental Society?”

  “Yes.” Pete nodded.

  He might have been the token geek to his friends, but not to me. Either way, when Pete confirmed something, no matter what, everybody believed him. He was the one who stayed up late at night studying and researching. If anyone had a wealth of trustworthy information, it was Pete.

  “Either brainwashed or paid to ‘switch teams—’” Pete gestured with air quotes “—and infiltrate the Mutant Academy as spies.”

  “Wow.” I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t want to believe that something so sinister could be lurking on this campus.

  “It’s not real.” Megan looked baffled. “It can’t be.”

  “You can’t escape those scientists.” Pete had no filter when it came to shielding emotions. He was brutally honest, never sugar-coating the truth. “They are devious, and they will use every scheme and ploy in the book to help them capture all the Mutants in the world.”

  Megan’s eyes filled with tears. “It’s so unfair.”

  I exhaled slowly. “Just when we thought we were safe…”

  “You are safe,” Nick reassured. “We just need to be careful about what we talk about and not allow anyone not in our group to overhear us.”

  “Those we don’t know well, that is,” Liam added.

  I finally glanced over my shoulder. There were a couple of male Mutants at the table behind us and a couple of girls too. As soon as I looked at them, they sheepishly darted their eyes away from mine. A shiver coiled up and down my spine.

  I had an unsettled feeling looking at that table of fellow Mutants. What kind of terrifying secret were they hiding behind those red eyes?

  I took a deep breath and attempted to clear my head. I just needed something to refresh my mind. I would do my best to stay alert and keep my boundaries with Mutant students I didn’t know well.

  After all, I was still learning the ropes and trying to figure out where I belonged in the school. It was helpful that Liam and Nick had mentioned the fact that there might be enemies among us, as dreadful as that was.

  “I guess it just goes to show that you can never truly know those around you.”

  “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” Nick shrugged and took the last remaining bite of the pork chop on his plate.

  “You can still go about your daily routine,” Pete said. “Just be careful. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, and remember that not everyone is an enemy.”

  “But not everyone is a friend either,” countered Gabriel. Then he grinned. “Aside from us, of course.”

  “I feel unbalanced.” Megan’s bottom lip jutted out and she looked like she might cry again. The poor girl was so sensitive.

  “That wasn’t our intention,” Pete said quickly. “We just want you to try and protect yourself when we aren’t there.”

  “I certainly appreciate it,” I said.

  “Don’t worry,” Pete said. “Headmaster Atticus has the school under control. He’s protecting us all around the clock.”

  I smiled. “That’s comforting to know.”

  I didn’t look at the other table anymore after that. I didn’t want to give them the satisfaction. I was here to improve myself and my life, not take a step backward. I wasn’t going to let anyone stop me from succeeding, and I wouldn’t rest until I found Maddie either.

  27

  Jude

  I watched Tara stand up and take her tray over to the trash cans at the exit of the cafeteria. I rushed up with my own tray, jogging to keep up with her just in case she decided to leave.

  “Hey,” I said with a grin.

  Tara’s eyes sparkled “Hello.”

  “How was your dinner?”

  Tara shrugged. “It wasn’t bad.”

  “Anything is better than the food at the Home Base camps, am I right?”

  Tara laughed. It sounded like water flowing down a stream and playfully splashing up against the rocks.

  “Absolutely.”

  “What are you going to do now?” I tried not to sound desperate as I dumped the remnants of my food into the trash can and placed the plates and trays up on the shelf that would later be sent to the kitchens for washing.

  Tara took a deep breath. “I think I want to go for a walk to clear my head.”

  I didn’t want to be presumptuous, but I wanted to go with her, if for no other reason than to just enjoy some quality alone time with her and protect her from anyone at this school who might secretly be planning to harm her.

  “Do you mind if I join you?” I couldn’t deny the hopefulness ringing in my voice.

  Tara gave me an inviting smile and her eyes f
lickered with warmth. “I would love that, actually.”

  I felt relieved that I caught up with her in time, and even more pleased that she was polite enough to oblige my request.

  “I was going to stroll around in the courtyard for a little while…” Tara trailed off and pointed her thumb over her shoulder toward the exit doors.

  “Sure.” I nodded enthusiastically. “It’s a lovely evening for a stroll.”

  “Good.” Tara’s features lit up animatedly as we waved goodbye to the others and wandered out into the courtyard.

  “I love the sound of the crickets at night.” Tara sighed dreamily.

  She slowly walked around a fountain in the center of the courtyard and plunked one finger into the water. There was nostalgic look on her face.

  “Did you miss it? The sound of nature while you were in the Home Base camps?” I asked.

  “Yeah.” Tara smiled, still with that wistful gaze on her face as she stared at the fountain water pouring down the sides of the stone structure.

  “Did they ever let you go outside?” I asked.

  Tara lifted her chin and peered over at me. “Sometimes, but not very often. If we did have outdoor time, it was usually during the day.” Her features darkened. “That was probably to keep a better eye on us in broad daylight.”

  “Criminals, all of them.” I clicked my tongue.

  “Yeah.” Tara nodded as if she agreed, but there was a solemn flicker in her eyes as if she felt helpless to change the brutality of the world we lived in.

  I too wished that there was a way that we could leave our mark, making the world a better place for the younger Mutants, even the ones like Tara and I who had to remain shrouded behind the walls of the school in order to feel safe.

  I felt the sudden compelling urge to be straightforward with Tara. I wanted her to know about my background so that she wouldn’t feel like she was the only one to whom life had been unkind over the years.

  “When I lost my parents, I thought the world was going to end,” I admitted.

  Tara gave me a pensive glance. “How did you manage to escape the Fundamental Society? Didn’t they come back for you?”