Libra Dragon: Supernatural Academy Romance by Kayla Wolf

Author:Kayla Wolf [Wolf, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 16 - Inota

As dire as the situation was, Inota had to admit that she was enjoying the freedom. Being trapped in one body for months—how did regular people stand it? She lost herself effortlessly among the student body that first day, flitting from place to place, face to face. She was almost reckless with those first few transformations, stretching magical muscles that had been atrophying for what felt like years, a glow of warmth emanating from the pendant around her neck with every transformation. She even considered changing into one of the security guards who were discreetly searching the university for her, but decided against it in the end. She could allow herself a little bit of fun, but there was no need to be stupid.

Finally, once the thrill had worn off a little, she chose a face and set about putting a more coherent plan into place. As much as she was enjoying the certain knowledge that the mystery of Kaya’s disappearance was going to remain unsolved, the fact remained that she was in a difficult spot. On any other insula, she could have walked straight into the Fog and vanished, but Sanguine didn’t allow for that, not if you weren’t willing to take a long and dangerous swim. There were boats, of course, but at this point in the term, the only trips being made tended to be for very specific purposes. When everyone left at the end of the semester, she’d be able to lose herself among the crowds on the little boats, but until then, she’d most likely need to stay here.

That was for the best, probably. At the very least, it would give her a chance to figure out where she was actually going once she was able to get off the island.

It was easy enough to find somewhere to sleep. She found an unoccupied dorm room in the student quarters fairly quickly, and in the guise of a staff member liberated some clean bedding from the laundry facilities. While she was there, she grabbed a few uniforms, too, reasoning that their owners would assume they’d been lost in the wash. Inota made her way back to her dorm room with her armful of stolen laundry, grinning down at her hoard with triumph once she’d laid it out on her neatly made bed. In a pinch, her power of transformation could extend to clothing, but she generally found it easier to steal what she needed than to manifest it along with a new face, a new voice, and a new body.

Part of her had hoped that with the dissolution of the self she’d been wearing for months, she might find some easing of the feelings she’d been developing about Callan. In all the excitement and distraction of her successful escape, she even believed that to be true for a little while… it had certainly taken her mind off him. But late that night, when she was settling into her little bed alone, she felt a familiar pang and gritted her teeth against the darkness.

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