Denouncement by E. A. Foley

Author:E. A. Foley [Foley, E. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Though no longer sure it was a good idea, Iris continued to push herself when alone on the island. She strived to recreate the skill that allowed her to see Jaden’s living room flash through her mind but experienced nothing but failure.

At first, she tried to puzzle out the skill. Determine how it worked—something she’d been attempting on and off since high school. When that failed, Iris tried to remember all the steps and processes she’d gone through to see the single glimmer. After eliminating most items, her remaining variables were proximity and power—how strong her quarry, if they were using magic, and how much power she used. It fit with her attempts back in Pacific in her first year of using magic.

Iris was loath to do it, but she’d have to break her no-magic-in-Davis rule in order to suss out the precise factors that made this task work. It would have to wait until after finals, however. While her sessions on the island made it easier for her to focus on her schoolwork and offered a respite from the dreary weather, they also took away from some of her study time and this quarter was a brutal one for her. She’d also stupidly prioritized hanging out with Matt over studying on several occasions.

If she wasn’t careful, she may need to retake calculus, and her Japanese grade bordered a B-/C+. An A on the final would move her grade to a solid B. Achieving that was a big if. She needed to work on her speaking skills as that would be a large part of the final this quarter. She and Matt carved out two three-hour study blocks between their finals. Iris knew she’d need every minute of that time, so she blocked off her calendar and told everyone to leave her alone.

She and Matt were less than a half-hour into their first study session when someone knocked at a door in the Gallery. Iris’s shoulders tensed at the sound. She ignored it. The person knocked again. Louder. Iris’s nostrils flared. She had to ask Matt to repeat his answer. She confirmed he was correct and moved onto the next sentence. Two sentences later, her phone chimed. She glanced at the text, saw it was from Thorin, and didn’t bother to read it.

“Everything all right? You seem distracted.”

“Yeah. Just have a lot on my mind.” Her phone chimed again. She silenced it.

“Dammit, Iris! Stop ignoring me!” Thorin yelled in her mind.

Iris grabbed her water bottle and took a few sips while she sent her little self to the Gallery of Doors.

“What the hell do you want?” she demanded of Thorin as she entered the Gallery.

“We can’t get a hold of Zarina.”

“What about Jaden?”

“He’s the one who asked if we knew where she was. He’s been trying to call her for the last few hours. Apparently, she didn’t show up to their lunch date. He thought she might be at the band table in the coffee house, but she’s not here either.

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