Elmwood Inclusive Magic Academy: A Lesbian Urban Fantasy Romance (Covens and Clans) by Remi Lebeau

Author:Remi Lebeau [Lebeau, Remi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-05T00:00:00+00:00

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Maggie

A soft knock wakes me.

I was dreaming…about candles, altars, and shadows lurking on the edge of the forest. It’s mid-day, but the autumn chill has properly infiltrated the castle. It tingles pleasantly on my skin as I sit up in bed.

I pull my cardigan on, rubbing sleep out of my eyes. They’re a bit puffy still. I was up late last night, thinking about how I completely blew it with Timothy. My one chance at normalcy, up in smoke. Maybe when we start at John Johnson together we can try again. If he’ll have me after everything’s that happened. More likely he’ll meet some wonderful girl in Rome and forget all about me.

Sighing, I try to push the image from my mind. Other than that, I’ve been settling into my routine surprisingly well. It’s been almost two months since I started at Elmwood Academy, but it feels much longer than that. It’s funny how the beginning of the year goes by so much more slowly than the end.

A knock again.

“Coming!” I stride to the door and open it.

“Hello, darling.” Lydia, majestic and imposingly awake, kisses me on the forehead. “See? I knocked, instead of showing up in your dream! I do listen to you, you know.”

I roll my eyes. “You’re the true pinnacle of motherhood.”

She ignores my comment, turning to look at the empty second bed. “No roommate?”

“No.”

The wolf shifter hasn’t spent a night here since I healed her. I must have hurt her somehow, or made her uncomfortable. Or she’s angry we put her in so much danger. I can’t blame her.

“It’s just me.”

Lydia makes herself comfortable on my bed, her long green robe fanning out elegantly over my tousled sheets.

“I see you’ve been working on your altar,” she smiles. “It’s so nice to see you settling in. I told you that you would love it here!”

“Or I’ve just developed Stockholm syndrome.”

I can tell from her grin that she sees through my weak sarcasm. She is my mother, after all.

“I was wondering…” she fingers a loose strand of her red hair absentmindedly. “If you needed to use the school computer again. You know, to get in touch with Jim…”

“Tim,” I sigh. I can see through her too. She doesn’t care about Timothy at all, she just wants to know if we’re still together. I guess I have to let her have this one. “Thank you for your thoughtful and selfless offer, but we’ve broken up, mom.”

“Oh,” her eyes widen in poorly-concealed delight. “I’m sorry, love, what a shame.”

“Yeah, yeah,” I wave my hand. “Anything else?”

“Well, yes, a few other things, darling. For one, I wanted to let you know that your mother will be coming by the academy to teach in a few weeks. We’ve just confirmed it. She thought it would be fun to come and visit.”

“Oh, that’s nice,” I say with an unexpected pang in my heart. When you have three moms (or any more than one, really), you know which one is being spoken about without it having to be explicitly stated.

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