The Legacy of Tril: Soulbound by Heather Brewer

Author:Heather Brewer [Brewer, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2012-06-19T06:00:00+00:00

C H A P T E R

Fifteen

Once the last rosebushes had been mulched, I hurried back to the dorms with Maddox, made myself presentable, and headed to the dining hall to grab some dinner before they closed down for the evening. I hadn’t seen Trayton since this morning at breakfast and was hoping to see him at dinner, but when my eyes swept the hall, all I found was disappointment.

Maddox filled a tray with food, and I took my now usual seat at the corner table. To my surprise, I had company. Company that I’d not been expecting.

Melanie forced a smile. “Well, well, if it’s not the walking bandage. I heard your encounter with a Graplar went as expected, ending with you cowering in a corner.”

My defenses went up in a flash, and I opened my mouth to tell her just what had happened—that not only had there been two Graplars, but that I’d not only assisted in taking them out, I’d also beheaded one entirely on my own. Even with my bumbling, that was an impressive feat. But then I remembered the story that we’d told everyone, and closed my mouth again. But only for a second. “What do you want, Melanie?”

Her smile struck me as somewhat sadistic and absolutely surreptitious. She crossed her long legs and I could sense several pairs of eyes falling on them all around me. There was no doubting Melanie was beautiful. But skin could only get you so far. “I came to ask a favor of you.”

Everything inside of me, every cell of my being screamed “NO!” before I parted my lips to speak, but curiosity got the best of me. “A favor? What favor?”

She seemed to gauge me for a moment before speaking. “There are changes coming to Shadow Academy. To all the schools, really. And I want your assistance to make those changes a bit easier on my Healer. You do want to help a fellow Healer, right?”

“Why should I make things easier on your Healer, and exactly what are you talking about?” Maddox had mentioned certain changes that had apparently been set in motion, but was that what Melanie talking about? Putting guards on the battlefield would hardly affect her Healer. Or were the changes she was talking about something completely separate from that?

“I’d like you to tell the headmaster that you’ve made a terrible mistake and that you believe that my Healer, David, would make a far better Healer to Trayton than you. Then I’d like you to request to be my Healer.”

It only took me a second to hear what she’d said, and a second more for my laughter to come pouring out of me. Melanie? My Barron? I didn’t think so. “Why on Tril would you think I’d be even remotely interested in the idea of switching, especially considering that no Bound Healer and Barron have ever switched before?”

“That’s not true. Two have switched throughout history, though it’s nothing that the Elder Barrons will discuss. Mistakes are made on occasion.

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