Adventure Magic (Tabby Kitten Mystery Book 3) by Constance Barker & Corrine Winters

Author:Constance Barker & Corrine Winters [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Constance Barker
Published: 2020-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

As Thea headed to her aunt’s office for her magic lesson, she felt fired up in a way she hadn’t felt in a long time. She was determined to prove to Blaine that she could keep herself safe. She didn’t need some big bad bear hanging around all the time to protect her.

Maybe she wanted to prove that point to herself, as well.

She breezed into the door of the mayor’s office to find her aunt already waiting for her.

“Thea,” Tiegen greeted her with a sharp smile. “You’re on time.”

“Don’t sound so surprised,” Thea answered.

“I am surprised,” Tiegen admitted. “But very pleased to see you’re finally taking your magical instruction more seriously. Is there a reason for the change?”

Under normal circumstances, Thea likely wouldn’t have shared her thoughts and frustrations with her aunt. Tiegen was always good to confide in, of course, and Thea knew her aunt loved and cared about her deeply. But Tiegen had an overprotective tendency to try to solve all of Thea’s problems for her.

Not unlike Blaine, actually.

But, considering Thea was already asking for Tiegen’s help in improving her magic, she didn’t think it would be such a big problem to open up to her now.

So she shared with her aunt what had been bothering her, specifically focusing on how she wanted to improve her abilities in order to look after herself and others.

Tiegen took all of this in with a calm, attentive demeanor. Only when Thea had let it all out did she respond.

“I can assure you that once you get the hang of the different varieties of warding and shielding spells, you’ll be much safer and more capable of taking care of yourself.” She smiled at Thea with a kind of fierce pride. “And keep in mind... wards and shields are just the tip of the iceberg. There’s so much more that I can teach you, if you’re willing to put in the work.”

Thea nodded. “I want to. I know my dedication is spotty. But I do want to.”

“Good,” Tiegen said with a decisive nod. “In that case I trust that you’ve been practicing with Sybil?”

Thea frowned sheepishly. “I’ve been a little distracted.”

To Thea’s surprise, Tiegen didn’t look upset. Instead, she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the nearby desk. “This business with the shifter clans, is it?”

Thea nodded. “I just wish I knew more about them. It seems like there’s a lot of history there, but I just can’t seem to access it.”

“Oh, there’s plenty of history. And they’ve been making my job more difficult since I came to office, I can tell you that. It’s far from ideal to have two such powerful clans at each other’s throats. Particularly considering the importance of secrecy, what with the mundane community and all that. And then of course they aren’t all happy that I’m the mayor, considering how Alistair stirred everything up.”

Thea blinked, taking that in. “Dad stirred things up? How do you mean?”

“We can keep talking about this if you want,” Tiegen said.

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