A Legacy Witch by McLeo

Author:McLeo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McLeo

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

“Odette? Are you awake?”

A smooth baritone cut through my dreams, and my eyes snapped open. I shot up from where my head had been resting on the book I was supposed to be reading. The page ripped a little in the process, and I swore.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you,” the voice—Alex’s—said, sending shivers up my spine.

I brushed the sleep from my eyes. “It’s okay. I need to wake up anyway and get some studying done.” I tried to gaze out the window of the infirmary, but it was all the way on the other side of the room, and someone had drawn the curtains. How long had I been out?

“It’s after dinner,” Alex replied. “As a matter of fact, I brought you some food. I noticed you haven’t been eating in the cafeteria.”

“Err . . .” I blinked, unable to form words.

Alex Wardwell was bringing me dinner? The fact that he was talking to me was a shock.

He winced. “I guess I kind of deserve that reaction.” Alex gestured to the chair on the opposite side of Eva, who remained passed out in her bed. “Can I join you?”

Still unsure of what to say, I nodded, and took the bag he handed me. Inside, I found a turkey sandwich and a cup of soup. I wished that it was a slice of Hawaiian pizza, my choice comfort food, but my stomach didn’t care. It rumbled all the same, and I realized that I was ravenous. When was the last time I’d eaten? Since the Samhain Trial, everything had been a blur.

“You’ve missed three days of classes. Have you been here the entire time?”

I nodded and stuffed an oversized bite of sandwich into my mouth.

Alex’s lips tightened, and he shifted his gaze to Eva, taking in the many lacerations on her face, and shaking his head.

The tension in the air mounted as I studied him, unable to work out why he was in the infirmary. He hadn’t been friends with Eva before the Samhain Trial. They’d barely talked, except for . . . Oh!

I wanted to facepalm myself. Alex probably felt major guilt over what had happened to Eva.

I swallowed and took a drink of the water that the healers always kept on Eva’s bedside. “I can leave you alone with her,” I offered.

Alex bit his lip and a conflicted look crossed his face before he spoke. “Actually, I came to see both of you. Since you’re the only one awake, it looks like you get my full attention.” He inhaled sharply, and the following sentence gushed from him as if he needed to get it out as fast as possible. “I owe you an apology, Odette.”

I dropped my sandwich. “What?” I cleared my throat. “I mean—I don’t understand what changed.”

Alex let out a long exhale. “No, you wouldn’t. You, unlike most people here, aren’t as up on witching drama. I’ll try to explain my faulty thinking as best I can. You’re aware that Hunter’s family and mine don’t get along, right?”

I nodded.

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