Oberon Academy Book One_The Orphan by Wendi Wilson

Author:Wendi Wilson [Wilson, Wendi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

18

“You can’t tell anyone.”

We walked down the dirt road, presumably heading to where Easton left his car to search for me on foot. The moon was high in the sky and gave us our only illumination. After I stumbled for the third time, Easton took my hand in his and held the other one out in front of him.

A dull glow emanated from his palm, lighting the ground in front of us. It was as wonderful as it was terrifying. He wasn’t human.

And neither was I.

“Promise me you won’t tell anyone,” I demanded when he didn’t say anything.

“I won’t tell anyone, December. I promise. But you do realize that it’s going to come out eventually, right?”

“No. I’ll just make sure they never pop out again and everything will be normal,” I insisted, panic lacing my voice.

His fingers squeezed mine, and a sense of calm swept through me.

“Are you using your powers on me?” I asked, arching a brow.

“What do you mean?”

“I feel, I don’t know, a sort of warmth coming from you, relaxing me.”

I watched his profile and saw the corner of his mouth turn up into a smile as he said, “No, I’m not using my powers. That’s just my natural charm pulling you in.”

“Ha!” I chirped, attempting to disengage my hand from his, but he held firmly to it, refusing to let go…and I was glad.

“Back to the problem at hand,” he said. “You live at a school full of Sylphids. They all have wings. Just like you. It’s not a big deal if they pop out.”

“Not just like me. I saw them, Easton. Dozens of pairs of wings, all colors of the rainbow. But none of them were black. The only beings that have black wings are…”

“You’re not one of them,” he says when my words trail off, anger lacing his voice. “Besides, they all have black eyes and yours are the color of a clear, summer sky.”

I wanted to laugh at his corny line, but I couldn’t. Something inside me squeezed, causing a fluttering feeling in my belly. I tamped down the feeling and focused on what he was actually saying instead of how he said it.

He was right. My eyes were blue, not black, and all Zephyrs had black, soulless eyes.

“Why do I have black wings?” I whispered.

“I don’t know. We’ll talk to Rowan, if that’s okay with you. We can trust him, December.”

I nodded, agreeing with him. I knew I could trust Rowan, and had from the moment I met him. Then I remembered that he lied to me.

“How do I know he won’t lie to me again?” I asked.

“What did he lie to you about?” Easton asked, pulling me to a stop.

“He never told me Oberon Academy was full of faeries, that he was one, or that I was one. He let me enter the school completely blind, only to be shocked senseless when I found out.”

He cocked his head to the side, peering at me through the dim glow of his hand.

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