A Charmed Mind: Mage Paranormal Romance (Illusions Academy Book 1) by Kaylin Peyerk

Author:Kaylin Peyerk [Peyerk, Kaylin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

For the rest of the school day I walk around feeling dirty. My eyes dart back and forth between the teachers and students around me, but none of them focus on me in particular. Despite knowing that I don’t look any different on the outside, I still feel like I have a scarlet letter imprinted on my forehead. Or that I’m holding a sign that reads, I forcibly fed from another human being and I liked it!

Even Professor Jacobsen ignored me during class, and he’s usually extra attentive. By the time I got to my final elemental magic class, my anxiety had lessened to a manageable level. That is, until Helen walks directly to my desk the moment she enters the classroom. Every student watches us closely as she comes to a stop next to me.

Helen smiles, but it does little to ease my nerves. “Elise, will you stay after class please? Some of the professors would like to speak with you.”

“Yes, ma’am,” I reply quietly, a nervous sweat breaking out along my neck.

She turns on her heel and clicks back to the white board, immediately launching into a lesson on water magic and its properties. But I can’t seem to listen. Am I in trouble? Is this about what happened in the arena? Or worse, did someone see Demetri and I this morning? If it wasn’t for my stupid golden magic it would have just looked like two horny college students going at it. So if someone saw us and reported it, then I’m in big trouble. Like life threatening trouble.

All I can do is watch the clock while repeatedly wiping my damp hands along my jeans. Thirty minutes until the end of class. Fifteen. Ten. Five. And then the bell rings loudly, startling me despite me knowing exactly what time it is. I stay rooted in my seat as the other students pack up, rushing to get back to the dorms. When they’re all gone, Helen motions for me to take a seat near the front of the class.

As I’m gathering my things Professor Elphane and Professor Orissa come into the room, followed by Jacobsen. I gulp as I plop into the front row, my eyes darting from one professor to the next. Are they angry? Disappointed? Blood thirsty? I can’t tell.

“Um, I’m starting to get freaked out here. What is this about?” I ask.

Professor Elphane laughs. “We don’t mean to scare you, Elise. It’s just hard to put this into words.”

Jacobsen steps forward, splaying his hands out in front of him. “The easy answer is that you are indeed your mother’s daughter. You’re an earth mage, and a powerful one. That’s how you were able to shatter the mage stones.”

Professor Orissa cuts in, “And how you could bloom flowers, which, I might add, is something not even most adult earth mages can do. It’s easy to destroy things with our power, the hard part is creating.”

I swallow my relief down into the pit of my stomach. At least this isn’t about Demetri and I, and it’s a good thing that they all agree on what I am.

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