Cruel Destinies (Dark Shifter Academy Book 3) by Tricia Barr

Author:Tricia Barr [Barr, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Caesar

“Watch and be amazed!” Kai touted.

It was our lunch hour between classes, and I had been pulled into the glass-partitioned research lab in the section where the heart of engineering took place for the school. There were all sorts of machines and devices of every size and shape pushed to the sides. Only a handful of them were out, as a few dedicated students were working on projects for Kai’s class.

“Would you get on with it already?” I groused. “Having to see you in your smart clothing isn’t exactly what I’d had in mind when you said you wanted to show me what you’ve been working on.”

Kai gave me a sly grin, snapping his fingers. “You’d rather see me in no clothing, then?”

I rolled my eyes. “Kai, that is hardly—”

“Trust me, that’s precisely what you’re saying,” Kai cut me off.

He brought the hand he’d held behind his back forward. Clasped between his fingers and palm was a skinny, tubular object that had a cable sticking out at the top.

I glanced at the device, then back at Kai. “It looks like a stick of dynamite.”

His sly grin broadened. “In a way, it is. You know why? Because it’s going to blow your mind.”

Before I could complain about the corny joke, Kai slid the cable into one of the inputs on his smart clothing. In an instant, the parts of the kitsune covered by his clothing completely disappeared, leaving only Kai’s head and neck, his arms from his biceps to his fingers, and his legs from just above the knees down to his toes, visible.

“Whoa!” I breathed.

Kai looked down at his missing body parts, then made eye contact with me again. “Mind blown?”

“Sufficiently,” I mumbled in agreement.

“Can you imagine what we could have done back in our glory days with this kind of tech?” He held the device in front of him. “Jade would still be alive.”

I stiffened at the mention of our fallen comrade, my heart melting at the look of grief that passed over Kai’s features. Jade had been my friend, but she had been Kai’s lover. He had lost more than I did when she died.

Kai cleared his throat, his expression returning to its usually playful demeanor. “Remember our infiltration of the theater in Pierre? Hadrian wouldn’t have even known what hit him. We could’ve stopped him in his tracks back then.”

“If only,” I said with a sigh. “This invisibility tech is a masterpiece and will be extremely helpful. The military will be particularly overjoyed to put it to use.”

“What new useless trinket will we be overjoyed to use?” a skeptical voice sounded from behind us.

I closed my eyes and let out a heavy breath through my nose. Now, of all times?

Opening my eyes again, I gave Kai an annoyed look, then turned around. Arthur Dracul was approaching, Nikolai Candida awkwardly trailing him, looking like a mer out of water.

“General Dracul, what a pleasant surprise,” I greeted as nicely as I could without sounding too fake. I gave Nikolai a warmer expression.

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