Bloodline Sorcery by Lan Chan

Author:Lan Chan [Chan, Lan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-18T22:00:00+00:00

12

When other people got stressed, they overate or slept. When I was stressed, I cooked. “Are you sure you don’t want to just sit down?” Mama asked. I threw her a look. She held up her hands in surrender.

We were inside the Potions lab while Professor Mortimer and the Nephilim checked out the scene in my room. After taking a scraping sample of the food die, I’d walked steadily to Jacqueline’s office. She wasn’t in, of course. It was too late at night for that. I’d pressed my palm to the mirror on her assistant’s desk and left a message. Less than two minutes later, Jacqueline and the professors had swarmed on me along with a small troop of Nephilim guards. My parents arrived shortly after.

Dad sneezed. “Smells really spicy, Soph.”

No kidding. I was chopping up fire breather peppers. They were a special plant from the Fae realm. There were rumours that they were once used to feed dragons. I dropped a few into the chilli I was making and then fed some to Charming. He stood beneath the cauldron stand, his mouth open, blue flames bursting from his throat. The rest of the peppers went to his siblings who were racing around in their enclosure.

While I concentrated on the right mix of savoury spices, I could see my parents throwing each other concerned glances. They sat on top of the table in the row in front of my desk. “I can see you,” I said.

Dad massaged the back of his neck. “I guess we should talk about pulling you out of Bloodline.”

“Nope.”

Mama crossed her arms in front of her like she was cold despite the inferno Charming was producing. “Sophie.”

“I’m not leaving. Not like this.”

“It’s not safe.”

“No, it’s not.” It wouldn’t be safe for whoever decided they would go through my things and turn my personal space upside down. Maybe Max was right, I did have only-child tendencies when it came to my stuff. Thinking about Max made the corresponding fire in my chest burn brighter. I didn’t need the professors to tell me the claw marks in my room were shifter made. I’d been around enough of them to know it on sight.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Mama said. “I know you’re upset but staying out of stubbornness isn’t going to help things.”

“But leaving out of fear is okay? You wanted me to be here. I’m staying.”

“That’s not what this is.”

I picked up a handful of dried beans and threw them into the chilli one by one like I was throwing rocks at somebody’s head. “I am not going to be intimidated into leaving.”

“I’m glad to hear you say it,” Jacqueline said. I didn’t glance up as she closed the classroom door behind her. “But I do think you should consider a few days off to settle yourself.”

Several chairs scraped. It was only then I noticed Professor Mortimer was with her. He came to stand beside me. “Smells good.”

I bit my tongue. I wanted to tell him I was imagining cooking the bones of the culprit.

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