Familiar Winter Magic: A Bonds of Magic Novella by Jeffe Kennedy

Author:Jeffe Kennedy [Kennedy, Jeffe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brightlynx Publishing
Published: 2022-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

Her afternoon practicum ran long, though thankfully Professor Angela gave the familiars a light assignment of practicing meditation as a technique to replenish magic, while the wizards were tasked to perform workings using only their native magic. It had the wizards in such a cranky mood, Sabrina throwing vicious looks Iliana’s way at every opportunity, as if Iliana had somehow orchestrated the lesson, that Professor Angela dismissed the wizards early. Before they left, she reminded them that it might be considerable time before they earned the right to a bonded familiar, if they ever did, so it behooved them to learn to maximize their skills with only their own magic to draw on.

The caution fell on deaf ears, however. Wizards, by nature, were an ambitious lot, and no wizard could truly rise in power without a familiar to augment their magic. They all planned to secure a familiar for themselves, one way or another.

Once the wizard students left, Professor Angela kept the familiars for another hour, coaching them on tricks to replenish their native magic quickly. Meditation helped, but couldn’t be counted on during stressful situations.

She didn’t mention the erotic methods of replenishing magic, though she alluded to their future wizard masters having some tricks up their sleeves that would help. But it was incumbent on the familiars, she stressed, to be ready at all times to provide their wizard with the magic they required. A good familiar wouldn’t want to leave their wizard powerless during a major working or, worse, a pitched fight.

It made Iliana wonder if her two professors had been discussing her. Coming on the heels of Professor Tracy’s warnings, this lesson only distressed Iliana more. She wasn’t the only unhappy one, however, the familiars all a decidedly glum group as they shuffled out of the lab. If she hadn’t promised Han to meet him at the sleighing tournament, Iliana would’ve been tempted to grab a plate from the dining hall and eat in her room. Besides, it was Founders Eve and people would notice if she wasn’t celebrating.

She did not need a proctor checking on her emotional state.

Gamely, she pasted on a smile and, after grabbing her fur cloak and muff from her room, she joined the stream of students, staff, and faculty heading for the frozen lake at the center of campus. No sign of Han, yet, and no one had news of the results of that day’s testing. She didn’t have to ask—the fact that every other person she encountered stopped to ask her about it confirmed that much. If Han had gotten a result, he hadn’t told anyone.

Well, whatever he’d found out, she’d do her best to be cheerful and a good friend to him. She owed him that, due to their long friendship. But she also had to make it clear that they could only ever be friends.

And that was that.

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