Betrayal: An Urban Fantasy Academy Series by Bob Dattolo

Author:Bob Dattolo [Dattolo, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

My flight back came without pain from the flying. Since the pain itself is enough to make me cry silently as I land, I can’t say how thankful I am that it’s not worse. Then again, it’s bad enough that I’m crying, right? Yeah, that’s not a good sign. Dragons will be able to smell that on top of the pain that I’m in.

That means that I need to push through this. Somehow. I can’t really stop the pain smell, but the tears?

No one catches as I sink into one of the small rivers that cross the grounds. There are a number of swimming hole areas, but I bypassed them in case someone was there. I doubt they will be this late, you just never know.

That lets me cool down and wash away any lingering tear smell. The blood scent is pretty much gone, so that’s even better. Just the pain smell itself, which is gonna give me away right quick.

My shift back was done in the water and took just as long as before as I struggled not to cry out. It’s like deliberately grabbing something that is going to cause you utter agony. It really is. I made it back without increasing the overall pain inside, I’m just not sure if that’s because it can’t get any worse.

As long as it doesn’t go into burn out territory, I’m okay with it. For now. I need to get through this, though. Quickly.

I let more cooling water soothe me before getting out and heading back without trying to get dressed. I’m still dripping, and I should be able to air dry. Besides, it’s not like people here haven’t seen dragons at times. Many have already seen me, so why bother? No one’s there in the woods to see me, which means I can head for the dorm as I pretend every waking moment isn’t one that I’d rather not be experiencing.

Fucking hell, if this is really the downstream of doing that spell, then I have to think of some other way to do it. Or never do it again? That seems kinda mean to come up with something possibly life changing and then hold it out, but I’m talking about my survival on the other side of things. And, like I said? I come first in this equation. You kill the goose; you don’t get any eggs. Simple as that.

A few people see me near the dorms, with fewer of them saying something than you’d think. One guy said something about me being a whore, with two girls talking about what a slut I am. Obviously none of the three were dragons. Those didn’t even really blink much.

Which throws me again why Levi used to make fun of me. I should ask him about that. See if he’ll be honest.

Eva and Tiffany are in the room when I get back. I came in quickly enough that I caught them both staring at my grimoires. Talking about them, too. Although I heard that from the hallway.

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