Pixie Problems (An Accidental Fairy Tale Book 2) by A.H. Hadley

Author:A.H. Hadley [Hadley, A.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Spotted Horse Productions
Published: 2024-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Eight

RAIN

Aspen stayed. Not just that night either. And sure, she sometimes went to check on her brother, but our evening in the atrium convinced her she could handle being on her own again. Sometimes she asked me to help her contain her power, but it had been well before there was a real problem, almost like she'd figured out she could lean on me.

Sadly, the rift between Torian and Keir was only growing. Wilder and Hawke made sure Keir spent lunch with us, and they refused to let him isolate himself in his room. During our lessons, he said it got easier to deal with Fin's absence every day. No, he didn't like it, but he no longer felt as guilty, or like he'd failed.

Over the weekend, the group of us hung out in the atrium, checking out the new plants. Well, all of us except Torian. Aspen's little flowers had visibly grown, even in such a short time. It was from her magic, though, which was cool. Naturally, I went to check on the bubble plant - the Elysian Burst - so I could spend some time petting it and giggling at the bubbles.

Hawke left halfway through. Keir and Wilder assured him it was ok, and Aspen seemed tense, but I understood. Her brother was in one of his pissy moods. She'd pulled away, he'd pushed Keir as far as he could, and now he was paying for it on his own. Yeah, well, the smug prick deserved it. If he couldn't suck up his pride long enough to apologize, then he had no one to blame but himself.

Everyone else on campus had moved on. The Hunt attack had been short, brief, and didn't affect most of them. After this long, it was little more than a distant memory. Hell, over the weekend, I'd even heard a girl say it meant we had more time before we had to worry about it again. She acted like the whole thing had been little more than a timer reset!

But then Monday rolled around.

When I dragged my ass downstairs to the Never, Ms. Rhodes had a cup of coffee for both of us. Mine smelled suspiciously like chocolate. Lifting a brow in confusion, I headed for my chair on the far side, dropped my book bag on the floor, and moved Jack to the perch that was really just a spare chair.

"What's going on?" I asked.

She slid a rather large paper cup towards me. "Your... zez, I believe? Bracken reminded me you like a little coffee with your cocoa. He may have also mentioned why there are a lot of new plants in the atrium, and why I saw shadows down there last week."

I gaped at her in astonishment - but still took my coffee. "That was like Tuesday!"

"And you seemed to have it under control," she pointed out. "I was merely waiting for you to say something. You didn't, so I'm offering a trade. A drink for a story. I'd

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