Academy of the Devi- the Complete Collection by Eva Brandt

Author:Eva Brandt [Brandt, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2019-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Demonic Status

Exams came and went in a whirlwind. I aced Law and Demonology. I’d done a lot of reading in that field because of my problems, so the finals were easy. I did very well in Necromancy too, although that was just because Professor Grim had yet to ask us to create a necromantic construct. We were currently coming to terms with our ‘inner death’—whatever that meant—and the snake bite had given me an advantage there.

People who’d had a brush with death were far more likely to become talented necromancers, since they understood it beyond the level of a general concept.

Lilith was thrilled to learn about the progress of my bond with Shiro and wanted to start me on an advanced curriculum of familiar magic. I wasn’t sure I was ready for that, since I still had so much work to do in every other field. I had to brush up on History and I lacked control in my practical magic.

As expected, there were no problems in Advanced Defense Arts, and not just because I was sleeping with the teacher. In Battle Magic, our exam involved something very similar to the test I’d taken at the beginning of the year. Morrigan wasn’t completely satisfied with my progress, but I passed anyway. Professor Jones fell ill shortly before the Herbalism exam, so we got away without having to do much for that one.

It would’ve been enough to put me in a good mood had everything else not been going like shit. I was slowly making progress in my relationship with my lovers, setting our differences aside and rebuilding something new. But because that was my rotten luck, the rest of the students still refused to accept Stefan’s inability to shift.

It was not unusual to hear them yelling slurs at him, just as ugly and violent as the ones against me had been, if not more so.

To make matters worse, Mikael wasn’t dealing with the loss of his wings very well. In the infirmary, he’d claimed he was adjusting, but I didn’t believe him. He tried to hide it, but sometimes, at night, I’d wake up and feel something was wrong. I’d leave my room and track him down. Whenever I found him, he was always looking at his back in the mirror, staring at the stumps where his wings had been.

I didn’t know what to do. I wanted to help them, but I felt lost. If only I could understand and control my power better, I wouldn’t have been so useless, but so far, I hadn’t made much progress.

Second term began, and we found ourselves thrust in a flurry of new classes. I had wanted to pick the Psyche Manipulation elective, but it turned out to be impossible, since it was incompatible with my current schedule. Mephistopheles promised he’d figure something out next year, but for the moment, I was stuck unable to explore these new possibilities further.

Maybe it was for the best, since as important as my schooling might have been, I couldn’t focus on that alone.

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