A Faerie's Revenge by Morgan Rachel

Author:Morgan, Rachel [Morgan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Mythology & Folk Tales, Teen & Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2015-10-26T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

TWENTY

Gaius and I sit in comfortable silence in the mountain’s living room. He’s making notes in his lab book about his most recent experiment—the one involving mirror berries—and I’ve got a sketchbook open on my lap. Flames crackle in the fireplace on one side of the room. It’s nice. It’s quiet. So much quieter than the desperate screaming uncertainty in my head.

With a wordless groan, I throw the sketchbook onto the floor. “I don’t know what to do, Gaius. I don’t know what to do!”

Startled, he looks up. “Uh … do you mean you don’t know what to draw?”

“I have to make a decision about what to do with my life. I can’t simply do nothing, and I can’t stay here forever, but my brain feels paralyzed. So paralyzed I can’t even draw.” I stand up and retrieve the sketchbook so I can show him the blank page. “Nothing. Absolutely nothing. That’s never happened to me. Normally I can sketch for hours while somewhere in the back of my mind, my problems work themselves out. Now all I have is a blank piece of paper and an empty future.”

“It’s only been a few days. You don’t need to decide immediately.”

“But I do. My life needs purpose.”

“You could … be my apprentice.”

I sink back into the armchair. “That’s very kind of you, but I find plants to be rather boring.”

“Oh.” Gaius looks confused, as if the idea of anyone finding plants boring is an unfathomable concept.

“I’ll probably have to do something art-related. I still enjoy that—well, if I can ever get past this blank page.” I wave the empty sketchbook before dumping it on my lap again. “So maybe I could go somewhere far away where there are no Guilds and start over. Chase could probably help me with some fake identification.”

Gaius nods. “I’m sure he could.”

“I can find an art school to finish off at. And my Griffin Ability is under control now, so that wouldn’t be a problem. It wouldn’t be so bad, I suppose.” I slide further down in my seat. “I wouldn’t really feel like I’m making a difference to anyone’s life, though.”

“Well, in that case,” Gaius says, “there is one option that seems rather obvious to me.”

“And that is?”

“Work with Chase. Do what he does. It’s what you’re trained for after all.”

Work with Chase? I remember him suggesting the idea to me once, but we both decided it wouldn’t work. I couldn’t very well assist a vigilante while also working to uphold the Guild’s laws. But now … well, I still don’t feel comfortable with working outside the law, and even if did, I probably shouldn’t do it with the ex-Lord Draven. “No, I … I think I need to start over somewhere else.” I tap the end of my pencil against the blank page, hoping for inspiration now that I have at least a fraction of an idea for what I might do when I leave here.

Still nothing.

Aware that throwing my book a second time

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