The Energy Crusades by Valerie Noble

Author:Valerie Noble [Noble, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2014-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Derek Bussey

I was lulled awake by a feeling. It enveloped me, wrapping itself around my body like a cozy blanket and gently tugging me from my slumber. When I opened my eyes, I found I no longer had my back to Ajax. Instead, I was as close to him as possible and he as close to me. The chasm between our beds was larger than it had been in the Healing Rooms, where he'd butted our beds together, so I wasn't curled against his chest, but his arm reached across and lay over me. Ajax, however, was not the cause of the feeling. I jerked myself upright, and as his arm fell away, he opened his eyes too. Professor Baal stood peacefully at the foot of our beds and I had no idea how long she'd been there and how long she'd watched us sleep.

"Ajax?" she met my eyes briefly, but fixed her attention on her son. He sighed heavily and sat up. I didn't dare look at him, my stomach queasy at being caught partially dressed and in bed next to my professor's son.

"You're sleeping, Ajax?" She asked him, and I heard her voice catch. A flicker of emotion crossed her features, one I couldn't quite place. Hope? In a rush, the air seemed to shimmer all about her skin and I swear I saw her glowing like…like a Descender? I shook my head as if to shake the image from my eyes, wondering if I was imagining things. The memory of her hands upon my back in the healing rooms and the way my skin tingled beneath her touch flooded my thoughts, and I recalled her unusual gait and unnatural hair color. Professor Baal's head pivoted in my direction as if she heard the thoughts in my head. Whatever I had seen a moment ago vanished in an instant, and a new thought popped into my head: I was imaging things.

I held her gaze, unwilling to let go of what I'd seen, although I felt her trying to clear my memory of it. She had powerful mind control.

"May I have permission to leave campus today, Professor?" I took a chance on catching her off guard, hoping she'd grant me permission without thinking about it too much.

"Yes, I'm sleeping," Ajax chose to speak up before she could answer me. Her presence retreated from inside of my head as she regarded her son again. I could no longer see any sort of glow about her. Maybe I was imagining things.

I saw Ajax nod at his mother from the corner of my eye. Her gaze stayed upon her son for what felt like an eternity while beads of sweat collected at my temples. Whatever private thoughts passed between them were interrupted by the buzzing of a mailbox inside her pocket. A wave of nausea swept over me. Of course it was my mailbox, and I had a sinking feeling about who was calling. Did this have to be the moment

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