The Guardian Lineage by Seth Z. Herman

Author:Seth Z. Herman [Herman, Seth Z.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2014-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty Five

Mike woke up in time for History, which was good because Stockton updated them on the Calebra attack. He said that Zachariah had been given a blood transfusion, but left the girls unmentioned, which was discomforting. Mike could only hope that in this case, no news was good news.

He figured Stockton had eliminated the Calebra, although the Magus also did not make mention of that fact. Mike wanted to grill him on how he killed the little bugger, but at the end of the class Stockton promptly disappeared.

So instead Mike spent Homeroom and Magical Detection in the library, hoping to read anything he could find about Dementae, the Brethren, or DuBois. He figured he’d have time to practice his attacking in his weaponry classes, and especially in Sparring, but he wanted to be as prepared as possible for a confrontation.

He didn’t find anything about Dementae, but there was a ton on the Brethren. Apparently they were a society that had discovered the black arts almost a thousand years ago. It seemed they artificially implanted the black magic inside of them, as opposed to the Guardians, who received their magic from the Gargoyles when they swore to protect them. According to the textbook, the Brethren were lost souls, people who had nothing left, who turned to magic as a last resort. Usually they operated in rogue bands, abusing magic and its power, until a more powerful magician came along and organized—

“You busy?”

Mike looked up from his textbook to see Steph standing there, smiling down at him.

Well… maybe the research can wait.

A small bookbag hung from Steph’s shoulder, and sweaty hair was pulled back into a pony. She was wearing track pants and a white tank top, and she was red in the face, as if she had just been exercising.

“Working out?” Mike asked.

“If by working out you mean practicing my magical repertoire, then yes.”

“Where? There’s a place to spar outside of Sparring class?”

Steph shook her head and sat across from him. “Part of the medicine major is agility and stamina training. A lot of the healing spells sap a person’s energy, so the better shape you’re in, the more effective you are.” She looked at him strangely. “You don’t work out?”

“Uh… sure I do.” Mike ran an arm over his bicep unconsciously, then stopped himself when he realized he looked stupid. “I mean, not since I got here, but…” He fiddled with the cover of his textbook, his face hot.

He felt conflicted when it came to Steph. She was looking prettier these days, at least from what he remembered from their first few haphazard encounters. He knew why, but he didn’t dare voice it.

Because back then, I was still going out with Laura.

It still hurt him to think about it. His life had taken him on an emotional roller-coaster ride for the past week, through anger and self-pity and several other depressing moods, to the point where he felt like he was getting his period or something. If he could ever come close to figuring out what that was like, anyway.

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