Phoenix Academy: Awaken: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance by Lucy Auburn

Author:Lucy Auburn [Auburn, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Pixie Resistance with Shimmer at 2:00 PM

I’ve never before met anyone so small yet so intimidating.

Pixies are, it turns out, very small creatures with golden skin and oddly colored hair. The teacher for Pixie Resistance, aptly named Shimmer, shines more than a drunk girl who fell in a vat of body glitter. At four feet tall, if that, she gives Petra a run for her money in the short stack category.

And she looks like she could eat me alive. Standing in front of our class of eight, a severe expression on her face, she lectures us, pointed teeth occasionally flashing in her mouth. “All phoenix must learn how to resist siren song. Class, tell our new student why.”

Hands shoot up. All the other students in this class are older than me; apparently only phoenix take Pixie Resistance classes, though I’ve no idea why. It’s probably something I missed during one of the Headmaster’s introductory speeches or Mr. Johnson’s lectures because the demons were distracting me.

Shimmer points towards an older boy with shockingly white blond hair and pale skin. “Terrance.”

He turns towards me, showing the shocking number of piercings that line his nose, lip, eyebrows, and ears. “Because siren song, like pixie song, can lull a phoenix into submission, making it simple for a Grim to kill him. Or her.”

I don’t like the way he looks at me as he says it, like he’s imagining the heart carved out of my chest.

“Such a bummer for you.” The voice is Mateo’s from behind me; it seems like he announces the demons’ presence more and more these days. “Better get better at those wings and combat skills.”

The urge to hush him is overwhelming, even though it’ll just make me look even weirder.

“Lily.” Shimmer points her finger towards another student, this time a girl with long black hair sitting in the corner. “Tell us what kinds of songs take out a phoenix.”

“It’s different for every type,” she says, sounding very knowledgeable and self-important, “but for almost all phoenix, the siren, a type of demon, can take them out. Even humans and shifters are a little susceptible to their songs—but not like phoenix. Only Grims can resist the sound of siren song, which is what makes them so formidable against phoenix.” I shiver at the reminder of the blonde woman who almost killed me in Sticky’s attic. “Also, pixie song lulls all but Red Phoenix into a state of suggestibility.”

“Very good.” Shimmer gives me a pointed look. “Dani, did you know all of us?”

“Uh.” I can hear Sebastian snicker, and Lynx sigh in frustration. “Not really?”

“Then it’s time to learn. Siren song and pixie song can kill a phoenix like you. Thankfully,” she smiles, and it’s frightening more than anything, “I’m in service of the Phoenix Academy for the next three years, giving you plenty of time to learn. And resisting siren song, just like resisting pixie song, is possible—with time.”

A student to the right of me mutters, “Yeah right. Sirens are impossible to beat.

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