The Oracle's Harem by Devyn Forrest

Author:Devyn Forrest [Forrest, Devyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fanatasy, paranormal fantasty
Publisher: Devyn Forrest
Published: 2020-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Although I’d enjoyed having the Academy grounds for Raphael, Quintin, Ezra, and I to run around with, I enjoyed them all the more with Celeste there. That morning, I helped her move back into her old bedroom in the dormitory. As we piled her suitcases in the center of the room, she sniffed and said, “Wait a minute. Margot isn’t here, is she?”

“No. Of course not. I would probably be dead if she was.”

“She had the best room. I’m going there,” Celeste blurted. She gripped her suitcases and staggered toward the opposite end of the dormitory room, before flinging open Margot’s room. Indeed, it was one of the more beautiful, with a gorgeous view over the treetops of the Gulf of Mexico. Celeste breathed a sigh of relief. I could feel her emotions coming off her in waves. As I tuned into them, I could hear her thoughts. At least I have this. At least we’re safe here. For now.

Bless her. It seemed like she didn’t blame me for any of it, not even now that her father had been injured.

It was decided that Zoey would return to Hillside Falls for the next few days and then return with Celeste’s father. Professor Springer announced that they would be allowed one of the larger apartments, usually reserved for professors, located in one of the back buildings. Celeste and I got to work: decorating the little room, making it homey enough for them. Professor Springer, who seemed actually bored out of her mind, joined us in painting one of the bedrooms, telling us a few stories from her earlier witchy days. Afterwards, Celeste told me that Professor Springer very, very rarely gave any kind of information regarding her previous life. “We all thought she’d given up a long time ago,” she said with a shrug. “But it seems like she still has some spark left to her. Who knew?”

The days passed in a kind of hazy, sunny, Louisiana summer blur. Celeste, the boys, and I spent a great deal of it in the water, of course—leaping off the dock and crying out into the bright blue sky until we crashed to the waves below. Since we were the only students around, we were allowed to take out boats whenever we pleased. Celeste had mastered the “liquid into alcohol” trick that Margot had showed us the very first day, and pleased us with refilling our bottles with champagne. Raphael deemed Celeste a perfect addition to campus, and Quintin treated her kind of like a sister. Although the boys and I still went to sleep together every night and grew more and more in love, Celeste came along with us various places, up for a laugh, a picnic, whatever.

Of course, Professor Binion and I continued to make ground with my powers. The factions more-or-less stayed away from the Academy, especially, it seemed, after they realized I could fix the fires, could stop the snow. Maybe they’d run out of ideas? Maybe they were brewing up something big to take me down? It was difficult to say.

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