The Blood of Dragons by Victoria Mercier

Author:Victoria Mercier [Mercier, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Where have you been?” Rebecca’s voice drummed in my head. A little fairy was a total psycho. And a spy.

“Well, well, now. I should ask the same of you. You ran off.”

Rebecca’s tiny harpy form wavered as if the illusion temporarily lost its strength.

“Something scared me off,” she huffed and puffed. Not in a very harpy-looking way. I threw myself on the bed. I had to keep my mind clear. Rebecca has demonstrated the ability to read it.

By staring at the ceiling, I blanked my thoughts. I wouldn’t be able to do much if that little bitch could get into my head any time she wanted.

Rebecca zapped all over the bedroom. She was agitated by our little accident in the library.

“I need a favor, Rebecca,” I said. “I’m starving. Could you fetch me some food?” A half-truth. Once more I was buying time.

“I’ll order it.”

“No. I need you to physically pick it up.”

“Physically?”

Her expression became unreadable for a split-second. I could say she didn’t like it. If I kept pushing her away, Rebecca would figure out that something was off. Would she notify someone? Who would that be? My mind lost its purity and thoughts showered down.

Rebecca’s predatory eyes narrowed.

“You’re hiding something from me, Flare.”

Should I play dumb and deny? Or rather show her who is the boss? I chose the latter.

“Maybe I do. Why do you care?”

“Flare! I’m your personal assistant. I’m here to help. You can trust me.”

I began laughing. It seemed hard to exactly say why, but her words were wrong on so many levels. Trust? The little harpy was trying to outdo herself. I forced myself to stop lest my ribs would hurt for the rest of the next week.

“You’re hurting my feelings,” Rebecca sobbed in the corner of my bedroom.

My instincts told me that it was only for a show. Whatever this ‘fairy’ thing was, it wasn’t capable of feeling emotions the same way humans did. The logical thing would be to get rid of her, but then again, I relied on her too much. Wasn’t that convenient? The immense complexity of the Dragon Academy forced students to keep their personal assistants with them. For now, Rebecca had to stay with me. But I’ll learn how to shield my thoughts if she likes it or not.

“I made my decision,” I said. “I’ll learn how to shield my thoughts.”

“What? Why?” Rebecca’s leathery wings flapped, and she got into the air. She hovered above me until I patted her down.

‘That was uncalled for,’ she murmured regaining her foot.

It was a test. I needed to understand how physical you really are, Rebecca.

My mental comment agitated her even more. The little harpy was losing ground under her feet and she had no clue what to do about it. Rebecca’s kind wasn’t the smartest one. That was an important thing to know.

“Now get me books on learning mental exercise and mind shielding.”

“But why… why would do that to me?” she squirmed under my glare. My words made her seriously uncomfortable.

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