Lesson Two by Jaliza A. Burwell

Author:Jaliza A. Burwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: reverse harem, romance, paranormal, witches, magic, shifters, vampires, warlocks, academy
Publisher: Jaliza A. Burwell
Published: 2019-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

There was another party in my office, and I was late to it. I wasn’t even fashionably late, I was just railroaded. Maybe party wasn’t an apt description. I felt like I walked into a battlefield before it broke into violence. There was a clear line of those who stood against me and those who were on my side.

I was surprised to see Alto and Archon, along with my brother and Zen.

“Ladies and gentlemen, today is the battle of wills!” I said in a mocking deep announcer’s voice.

“Adeelah.” My brother groaned. “Now is not the time for your weirdness.”

“My weirdness is reserved for times just like this,” I said. “So what’s going on? Why does it look like the next world war is about to break out?”

“Some of the councilmembers have approached with a proposal.”

“Is this for the challenges? Great, that was fast.”

“No, Adeelah,” Gaerlan said and sent a glare in Cael’s direction.

Damn. I had really hoped it would have been that simple.

I sighed, trying to hide the exhaustion running through me. We were only on the second day of classes, and already I was done with talking in circles about the same bull over and over again. They didn’t need to voice it for me to know exactly what this was about. I still asked anyway, because I was awesome like that and believed people could be redeemable. Mostly. “What is going on?”

“I was able to put together a proposal to not only expand the school, but to also make sure our current students have all the knowledge they need to defend themselves,” Cael said. He sounded too smug. I eyed the others around him. His little minions dressed up like supporters. No surprise that Laventis was there. But there was a third councilmember.

LaAnna Detriun. Maestro-level elf, meaning she had mastered control over three elements. In her case, she could use earth, fire, and shadow. Shadow manipulation was rare, and even more rare to be able to control it with other elements. She was scary to me. She always held a neutral-like stance, only choosing whatever she thought benefited her and her people the most.

She had been bought. I wasn’t surprised. Cael would do what he needed to get what he wanted.

“Defend themselves? Or turned into child soldiers?” I asked.

“That’s being dramatic,” Cael said.

“Is it? You are a strong supporter of creating a fast-track into the NSFT program with my students.”

“That isn’t what this is about,” he said, keeping his voice calm.

I fought to do the same with my voice. Otherwise, I’d lose, being seen as a melodramatic. “We both know this is exactly what it’s about.”

“Those children were forced through the Unveiling. They should know how to protect themselves in order to feel safe and prepared for incidents similar to what they already had to go through.”

“We have self-defense classes already available for them,” I said.

“There needs to be more. We aren’t doing our jobs if we don’t do all we can to ensure they are able to keep themselves safe.

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