Academy of Sorcery: Term 4: Secret Power by Alexa B. James

Academy of Sorcery: Term 4: Secret Power by Alexa B. James

Author:Alexa B. James [James, Alexa B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Speak Now
Published: 2021-08-07T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter Eleven

After the long day of travel and marathon sex, I have to take a nap to recover, since I feel completely depleted even though I can feel my magic recharging stronger than ever after the exertion. It’s a relief to relax and lounge about, since I can’t remember doing that since… Well, ever. I’ve worked hard for Silas for years, and then I’ve worked hard at the academy. Some down time is just what we all need.

In the evening, we are summoned to dinner. We make our way down to a formal dining room with a long, mahogany table topped with elegant, tapered candles, silver utensils, crystal goblets, and fine China. I’ve obviously never dined with a queen before, and even the nicest dress I had feels inadequate in this setting.

The attendant who brought us down tells us to be seated, the royal family will be in soon. We all scoot in awkwardly, admiring the oil paintings on the walls and the crystal chandeliers hanging from the soaring ceilings overhead. The silence is broken by the sound of stampeding feet. I tense, reaching for Cleo, who lies unobtrusively by my plate among my silverware.

Before I can move, the tall double doors with elegant carvings in the wood fly open, and what can only be described as a herd of children stare in at us with wide, round eyes that are distinctly catlike in some way, even though they’re all different colors, from the palest blue-green to the darkest ebony, from shimmering gold to stormy silver.

“See?” one of them says, a girl who looks to be about fifteen and one of the oldest. “All white.”

“Told you,” says a thin boy with darker skin and long, shiny hair. “They’re from the same place as Shadow.”

“Shadow’s our daddy,” says a little girl who looks about eight, the first one to address us directly. “One of them, at least. We got lots of dads, but only one mom.”

“She already knows that,” says the first girl who spoke, rolling her eyes.

“Can we have what she’s having?” Rocco asks, leaning in to whisper in my ear.

I haven’t even thought this far ahead, but if I have kids, will they know who their father is? Will I? Will I want to? Will they? Will their fathers? What if they get jealous or competitive, or one of them can’t have kids and feels inadequate? What if I can’t, and I fail them all? This lifestyle is so much more complicated than I’ve even begun to explore. It’s not just hot, nasty sex parties. It’s going to be a lot of work. Am I ready to give my men all the children they want? And what if one of them doesn’t want kids at all? My head is spinning, and I have to take a few breaths to keep from panicking.

“You alright?” Darius asks, his warm hand covering mine and comforting me.

“You ever going to tell me why you speak their language?” I ask, remembering his fluent greeting earlier.



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