THE EQUINOX STONE (Knights of Manus Sancti Book 2) by Bryn Donovan

Author:Bryn Donovan [Donovan, Bryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Almeris Press
Published: 2020-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

A week later, Michael stood in the hallway outside a classroom full of girls, mentally settling into his cover.

Mike McClure. He had a short haircut and brown eyes—the colored contact lenses looked unnervingly natural, making his own reflection in the mirror odd to him right after it’d become familiar again. He wore glasses, and he was a Marlins fan. He didn’t speak Spanish, but he’d been on two mission trips to central America. He was substituting with the hope of landing a full-time teaching job at a Catholic school, and he hoped to someday meet and marry a nice Catholic girl.

Meanwhile, Michael wanted to have sex with and spend every free moment with a Goddess-worshipping woman he’d known forever.

Had he made the right call by backing off? Shouldn’t he be over his obsession by now?

Michael sighed and walked into the classroom. The chatter came to an abrupt stop, and he faced a room full of young, curious gazes.

Where’s Val?

In a moment, he spotted her, the bespectacled girl in the second seat of the row closest to the door. Nic had been right to make her try on the schoolgirl uniform beforehand. He would’ve been tempted to stare otherwise, because it was so different from her usual look.

He turned around to face the blackboard, picked up the chalk, and wrote Mr. McClure in block letters. This is my first day on the job. I’m nervous. I’m a substitute teacher who wants to be respected. He was mindful of his posture, giving a slight slump to his shoulders. A mere change in stance could make a big difference in whether one was perceived as a warrior or someone who wasn’t a threat. He faced them again. “I’m Mr. McClure, and I’m going to be your homeroom teacher for the rest of the year.”

“Why did Miss Stevens quit?” a girl in the back asked.

“That’s Miss Stevens’s business, and if you have a question, raise your hand and I’ll call on you. I’m going to go over the rules of the class, so listen up.”

He went over the rules the Scholars had planned, which included both needless restrictions and tenets of civil behavior that were so basic, they shouldn’t have needed stating. The room was a little too warm and smelled like must, floor wax, and sweat. He could only imagine what it felt like for an empath.

Hopefully, Val was doing okay. Last night, when they’d met at the safe house, she’d been nervous. It’d been a meeting with Nic on the video screen and the older Knight, Jacinto, who was playing the godfather. Their presence had helped him refrain from taking her into his arms to reassure her, which he’d very much wanted to do.

As he read from his paper, two girls whispered an exchange in the back. He broke off mid-sentence. “No talking.” He hadn’t raised his voice, but it came out sharper than he’d intended, with the weight of command behind it—less like a substitute teacher than, well, his father. The girls sat up straight.

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