Deucalion Academy: Pawn Of The Gods (The Dominions Book 1) by Ruby Vincent

Author:Ruby Vincent [Vincent, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zaikea Dennis
Published: 2022-07-15T16:00:00+00:00

“LET ME REPEAT EVENTS as you have stated them. You went out for a walk to clear your head, when you heard a child’s cries carrying on the wind. You went to investigate and found an abandoned baby being cared for by the dryads. You then stole the child back, which incited the dryads to attack and chase you out of the woods.

“Galen Teresi heard your shouts for help and came to your rescue. The three of you escaped inside the academy where Galen finally noticed the smell coming from the child wasn’t that of a soiled diaper, but that of a shape-shifting tenebrae demon. Discovered, the demon murdered Mr. Teresi and then... died.”

I swallowed hard.

“Are those the events as they happened, Miss Galanis?”

My voice was a thin rasp. “Yes, Headmaster.”

I didn’t think I could end up in the headmaster’s chambers so soon—in the middle of the night before my first day could officially become my second. Another time, the room’s opulence would leave a lasting impression on me. As it was, the stretching stone walls, hanging tapestries of divine battles past, stacks beside stacks of bookshelves, and the long, grim shadows stretching over them all under a single lit candle’s losing fight against the gloom— All of it would leave me as soon as I walked out of this room. If I ever did.

I cast a look at Commander Vasili standing tall and imposing behind the headmaster. On his left was the woman in the white coat, finally named Stavra Remis—the academy historian.

“How could it have gotten in?” I heard myself say. “Aren’t there spells and enchantments to keep monsters out?”

“Of course,” Drakos said. “Many layers of protection had to be lowered to allow the trainees and novices in. It’s not the first time daemons that can don a human shape have used that opportunity. They’re able to because of another adjustment in the protections that allow non-demigods to reside in the forest.

“Dryads must be with their trees, so there is no choice in this other than ripping them out by their roots. The demon got as far as it was ever going to get... until you.”

I winced. “If the spells wouldn’t let it past the trees, why did I make a difference?”

“Because your life was in danger. You were holding the beast. Barring it from entering meant barring you as well. You would’ve been killed and barriers are meant to react to a demigod in danger, and hold your well-being above all.”

A single brow climbed his forehead, the only window into his thoughts. “You see how the tenebrae arranged the perfect scenario. Either he turned on the dryads and slaughtered them, or a softhearted little girl stole and brought him into the academy where he’d slaughter everyone inside. Quite a clever beast.”

A long silence stretched between us. He may have been leaving an opening for me to speak and explain how I fucked up so badly, but I had nothing to say. I already agreed with him.

I fucked up.

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