Wings Outstretched (Weir Dragon Academy Book 2) by D. R. Perry

Author:D. R. Perry [Perry, D. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2023-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Sophia proved difficult to approach. She always seemed to be with her entire section sans Wren or at least one of them. Riv helped me stash a fully charged acorn on Astor each day. Then, I watched for two weeks before devising a plan. During that time, I noticed a few things.

First, Sophia never spent time alone with Emi. She’d walk all over campus or Clifton Hill escorted by Brady, Astor, or Steven but always had one of the boys with her if Emi was present. She also avoided speaking to Brackish and Crystal, even for classwork in Languages and Lab.

Second, she wasn’t singling out Tourmaline section. Sophia’s disdain seemed universally applied to everyone who wasn’t a teacher. She was even rude to Keri and Crow.

Finally, Sophia smelled faintly of chlorine. While the company she kept and her attitude didn’t add up to anything I recognized, the last bit did. It made sense that a swan shifter, magical or not, would spend time swimming.

One morning before breakfast, I went to La Grange. Mrs. Beaulieu greeted me with an enthusiastic bonjour. I waved and asked the crucial question.

“Where’s the pool?”

“Oh, it’s tucked between here and the annex on the far side of the gym. The elementary children get exclusive use of it in the mornings and for their physical education, but academy students may go there between the end of dinner and lights out.”

“Thanks.” I turned to leave. Her voice stopped me.

“One word of warning, Linden.”

“Yes?”

“It’s heavily chlorinated. We haven’t had any students with wood magic in a long while. Be certain to take precautions so the chemicals don’t make you ill.”

“Okay, I’ll do that. Thanks again, Mrs. Beaulieu.”

I spent my spare time that day Googling for a solution to the chlorination problem. Going back to ask Mrs. Beaulieu didn’t occur to me at that point because there were plenty of results. After finding one with potential, I grinned all the way to Curious Coffee and Boo-Tique that afternoon. Tom greeted me.

“Hey, Linden!”

“Hi.”

“Want your usual?”

“Sure. Also, do you have any wetsuits?”

Tom kept pouring coffee until my cup overflowed. He dropped it before burning his hand, shrugged, and got me another.

“Take this. I’ll clean up, then come out from behind the counter and talk to you about that.”

I nodded and paid, taking the new coffee to my favorite spooky tree table. After a few minutes, Tom sat across from me.

“You’re uncanny. I happen to have a wetsuit ready to go out on the rack tomorrow. It came in during your Rec week.”

“I’m a dragon. Of course I’m uncanny. We come from eggs, not tins.”

Tom chuckled. “I bet it’ll fit you, although I’m a small business owner, not a tailor. What do you need it for?”

“Swimming. Chlorine’s not so good for wood dragons.”

“Oh, I didn’t know that. You might want a swim cap. Goggles or a mask, too. I don’t have those, but you can find them at Hudson’s Bay.”

“Can I walk there?”

“Oh, no. It’s all the way out in St. Catharine’s. I

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