Nightworld Academy: Term Four by LJ Swallow

Author:LJ Swallow [Swallow, LJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

ASH

Keeping shifters cooped up for the day isn't a wise move, and when Professor O'Reilly bans rugby practice too, even Clive and Remi become unsettled. Emotions run high, because many shifters have vamp and witch friends. Some were close to Lorna and want to be around her friends too. Separating us is unfair and stressful.

I attempt to talk to Clive and Remi again, with no success. There's a strange tension between us that I pick up on as a friend, but also as a shifter. They say little, look at me less, apart from when I'm away from them. Their families are different types of shifter—Remi's a wolf and Clive a bear—but there's a bond I can sense between them through their pheromones. We can literally sniff chemical changes and new bonds out.

I can't remember what happened that night with Vince, but I'm positive these guys can.

The pair hang in Vince's vicinity, eager for a word or look, like young pack members wanting to gain favour with the leader. Packs exist, especially amongst the wolf shifters, but fewer than in the past. The remaining packs are from the old world and so have old school values. They keep themselves away from humans and are easy recruits for Vince when the time comes.

My phone is still missing, and I've had no chance to buy a new one yet. Forced to use someone else's, I borrow Sienna’s, charming her into helping. She promises not to share or say anything about the texts I send, but I'm uncomfortable. I message Maeve but can't send love and hugs or sentiments that'll cause teasing and giggling from Sienna and friends.

A simple text with no undertones: <Gilgamesh are on lockdown but will see you soon. Borrowed Sienna's phone. Are you okay? Really worried after today xx>

I grit my teeth in frustration. How is Maeve after her eyes bled earlier? That was scary shit. I hope Tobias has an explanation or a fix.

The after effects in my mind linger too. Maeve gave me a mother of a headache when she was in my head, and I tolerated the pain as long as I could. I gritted my teeth at the sensation of ice-cold fingers on my brain, scraping at the edge like trying to clear ice from a car windscreen.

This switched to feeling as if she'd taken a heated metal rod and skewered between my eyes before I told her to stop. That was too much to handle.

But that's nothing compared to what happened to Maeve, and I picture the blood suddenly flowing again. Why the fuck am I being held here as if we're the ones in the wrong?

Tobias has to know what happened to her and why.

I take to boredom eating, working my way through two family-size bags of crisps and a bar of chocolate, as I wait for Vincent. He appears in the common room, scanning as if looking for somebody. Not me, because when I approach him, he looks over my head.

"What's going on, Vince?" I ask, stepping in front of him before he can leave the room.

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