Induction by T K Eldridge

Author:T K Eldridge [Eldridge, T K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graffridge Publishing
Published: 2019-12-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Sin

Grampa Walsh called a friend of his, a medic, to come check out Sid and make sure she wasn’t suffering any aftereffects of the kidnapping and drugging. By the time Sid was done with all of that, we agreed to get some sleep. Better to come at this fresh in the morning.

Now it was morning and Sid had one hand wrapped around her coffee mug, the other scrolling through documents on the screen. She didn’t even hear me pour coffee for myself.

“Sid, what do you want for breakfast?” I asked three times before she finally heard me.

“Oh, uh, whatever you feel like making,” Sid said, gaze still locked on the computer screen.

“What are you working on?” I asked as I got out the stuff to make omelets.

“Going through the stuff on that thumb drive. I guess it was Angiers’ work laptop because there are a bunch of scanned school papers and crap mixed in with some interesting stuff. There are recruitment documents – I don’t know what else you’d call them – for about twenty different cadets at the Academy. Species, grades, rankings, scores – they’re all listed for each one. It looks like there are six shifters, seven witches, and seven with notations I don’t understand.”

Grampa Walsh came into the room then and poured himself some coffee. “What kinds of notations?”

Apparently, he’d heard the tail end of the conversation.

“Five are marked as AS and two as M,” Sid said.

“Five Aos Sí, or sidhe, and two mythics,” Grampa said.

“What are ‘shee’ or mythics?” I asked as I paused in sautéing mushrooms in the pan.

“Sidhe, it’s Gaelic for ‘people of the mounds’ but, along with Aos Sí, is another term for the fae. Mythics are those descendants of so-called mythical creatures. Griffins, minotaurs, merfolk, gnomes, and so on,” Grampa explained as he sipped his coffee.

Sid’s mug thumped against the table as she stared at Grampa. I was staring as well. Sid spoke first because I didn’t want to burn breakfast, but you can bet I listened hard.

“Wait, what do you mean fae and mythics? There are other things besides shifters and witches? Why are we only hearing about this now? Are there many of them or are they rare?” Sid rattled off her questions while Grampa took another sip of coffee.

“Sin, I’d like an omelet and some toast if you’ve got some time to whip me up one too,” Grampa asked.

“Of course, Grampa. But, what about Sid’s questions? Why haven’t we ever heard about them before?”

“Well, they are somewhat less common around here. Fae are more common than mythics overall. To have them listing two mythics in the documentation is surprising. Most mythics pass as shifters and most fae pass as witches.”

“So, we could know mythics and fae, and have no idea what they really are? Woah,” Sid said.

“Do we know any who we’ve thought were shifters or witches, Grampa?” I asked.

Grampa sipped his coffee and stayed silent. Well, hell. That means yes. I slid an omelet onto a plate, added toast and brought it over to him, then headed back into the kitchen to make the next one.

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