Thief (Academy of Unpredictable Magic Book 3) by Sadie Moss

Author:Sadie Moss [Moss, Sadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

You know, I didn’t really have a lot of friends before this whole “magic stealing” thing. My only good friend besides the guys was Raul, and we all saw how that damn debacle went.

But it was different when I was just choosing not to talk to people and we were all still existing peacefully together. People would nod or smile at me in the hallway, and there was no problem if I had to team up with someone in class for a project or sparring.

Now, it’s like there’s a goddamn scarlet A on my chest.

Or maybe a T, for “thief”.

Everyone is shunning me. People avoid meeting my eyes, or their gazes slide right over me like I’m not even there. The former are the people who’re now scared of me, terrified I’ll rip out their magic. The latter types are people like Alyssa who clearly want me to know they’re pissed at me and blame me for all of this but also don’t want to do me the courtesy of acknowledging my existence.

The guys are rallying around me, and I’m absurdly grateful. I’ve always been kind of a loner—but there’s a huge difference, I’m realizing, in being alone because you decide to be and being actively shoved out by everyone else.

Even Dmitri’s sticking by me, to my shock. We’re still not talking, and that still sucks, but he walks me to and from each of my classes and glares at people, which is definitely something.

He might not have romantic feelings for me, and I might have misread that whole thing, but Dmitri’s a decent person. I like to think he knows I wouldn’t do something as awful as steal someone’s magic, and I know he’s a good guy who’ll stick up for someone who’s being unfairly accused.

But the question that keeps floating around in the back of my mind is… am I being unfairly accused?

As much as I want to… I can’t entirely dismiss the idea that I might be the cause of all this. How, I don’t know. I wasn’t even there for most of the attacks, just the two in Tamlin’s class. But I’m the only lead anyone’s got, and it wouldn’t be the first time something weird happened around me. Do I have a flashing neon sign above my head saying Chaos and Calamity Welcomed Here or something?

The next two days are awful, what with everyone either flinching away from me or glaring daggers at me in the halls. The professors are all on edge too, and even though classes usually ramp up in the second half of the semester, everybody seems to be having trouble focusing.

Even though a bunch of people saw Roman escort me from Wellwood Hall with his arm around me, we’re still playing things cool in public. There’s a good chance a lot of people know or suspect something is going on between us, but that doesn’t mean we have to broadcast it and eliminate any doubt in their minds.

God, I hope he’s not in trouble.

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