INTEGRATION (Bonfire Academy Book Two) (Bonfire Chronicles) by Rose Imogen

Author:Rose, Imogen [Rose, Imogen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Imogen Rose
Published: 2012-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

The months after the meeting in London had been busy, but frustrating. Frau Schmelder punished me for my disloyalty, and she recruited Professor Bern to help. I was suddenly busier than ever before, with every hour of my days and nights having to be accounted for. I was enrolled into several advanced classes that were supposed to help me acquire the skills needed to fulfill my apprenticeship. My student load was increased to include another eleven Initiates. It wasn’t as though I didn’t enjoy the work, but I felt that time was ticking by without me having a minute to focus on other things. I guessed that was the point—to keep me from taking things into my own hands again.

Pascal hadn’t escaped The Smelt’s wrath, either. She decided to disable the one power he considered central to his very existence. He’d smirked when The Smelt had told him what she intended to do. Demonizing was second nature to him. He couldn’t even imagine not being able to do it or that the power could be taken away. He quickly found out that The Smelt hadn’t been joking. She had Professor Bern take away Pascal’s paranormal powers, with a warning that if he strayed from his curriculum again, he’d be turned into a cat—my brother’s nightmare.

The times I was able to slip away to see Jagger became extremely limited. But the tension that existed between us when Quinn was around had completely disappeared, and I felt even closer to Jagger. So even with the time constraints, the time we spent together mattered in a deeper sense.

I expected Jagger to be angry after I had taken off to London without telling him. When I did tell him, he’d listened silently, his expression never changing. Once I finished, his eyes became narrow slits. I braced myself, expecting the full force of his fury.

“Cordelia, next time, let me know before you take off. Just a text will do. Under the circumstances, you can understand how important letting me know is, right?”

I nodded. After all the stress Quinn was putting me through, I should have been more sensitive and made sure not to do the same to Jagger. In my defense, Jagger hadn’t even known I was gone, so he couldn’t have had the chance to worry. Ryker had utilized his powers to adjust the wandering so that I wouldn’t lose any time. It was as though I’d been away for merely seconds, if that. However, I should have let Jagger know. Anything could have happened, especially at King Alfred’s mansion with all those powerful and intimidating paranormals.

They seemed to have decided to wash their hands of the whole Quinn issue, leaving it entirely to The Smelt. They had, however, been concerned about The Smelt being possessed, and I was sure King Sebastian would look into that.

I found it very frustrating to sit back and do nothing. But that was that—at least for a while.

It was now almost four months later, with Faustine’s fourteenth birthday coming up in two days.

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