Djinn and Bear It (Providence Paranormal College Book 5) by D.R. Perry

Author:D.R. Perry [Perry, D.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Jeannie

A sudden pang of guilt got replaced with annoyance as Blaine Harcourt got up and left when Tony Gitano walked into the library with Fred Redford. The whole business over Spring Break had changed Blaine’s attitude about lots of people, places, and things, but not as far as Tony the cat shifter was concerned. That was a shame in my book. I wasn’t alone. I caught Taki Waban, the new librarian, shaking his head with a soft clucking sound.

“Fracking dragon shifters and their paranoid tempers,” Lynn muttered as she shuffled the papers into a loose pile and dumped them on top of the books in her backpack. She looked over her shoulder as she headed for the door Blaine was tapping his foot next to. I saw her mouth a word that could only be sorry in Tony’s general direction. She couldn’t know the crazy local rumors about Tony’s family or the fact that he was here on a full scholarship. Blaine might, but probably didn’t care. He could be a snooty little jerk sometimes.

“Hey, Jeannie.” Fred smiled and waved as he greeted me in library-appropriate tones. His mouth tilted sympathetically. “Eww, research paper. This is why I went with Engineering. All my research is math.”

Ismail chuckled at that. I glanced over at him, wondering whether he’d gone to college back in Armenia and what he’d studied if he had. I’d have to ask him sometime.

“So’s half of mine.” I lifted one sheet after another of notes I’d been taking, flipping one over with each word. “Lies. Damn lies. Statistics.”

“Oooh.” Tony leaned over, peering at the numbers and their labeled columns upside-down. “This is the opposite viewpoint paper? Not looking forward to that one next year.”

“Yeah.” I shrugged. “It’s a descriptive paper, mostly, with just a short survey this time. But it’s a distraction, so I want to get it done quick. I’d rather be doing more of my clinical work.” I raised an eyebrow at Tony. “You’re taking Extrahuman Psych Research next year?”

“It’s part of what they decided should go into my crazy major.” He shrugged, not really looking at Fred or me. Tony got dodgy every time something unique about him came up, and I just happened to know he was pioneering a brand new major here at Providence Paranormal. The Headmistress herself had mapped it out for him.

“Okay.” I didn’t want to piss him off or freak him out. “You guys need help? I could use a break from this.”

“Actually, that’d be awesome.” Fred grinned. “We need a few books that aren’t in the Nocturnal Lounge. It’s for an Extrahuman History paper.”

“Yeah, and after we get them, we’re going back there.” Tony looked down at his shoes. “To the Lounge, I mean. Because you never know when it will get knocked over, blown up, or set on fire again. Same goes for this library.”

“If any of that happens, we’ll fix it.” Fred waved a hand absently as though Tony’s remark was a gnat.

“I’ll stay here and keep an eye on your things, Jeannie.

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