Oberon Academy Book Three: The Sylph by Wendi Wilson

Author:Wendi Wilson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

“Who is the ultimate judge of what is right and what is wrong?”

Professor Goodman’s words made my eyes roll back, and I barely contained a sigh of disgust. I cut my eyes toward Shaela, who sat with her chin propped on one hand, a soft smile playing on her lips as she stared at her grandfather. A pit of dread sat heavy in my stomach. I was losing her. I could feel it in my bones.

Our conversation had been stilted and awkward when I returned from Easton’s room the night before. I had wanted to talk to her about what happened with him, but she’d put off an air of unapproachability, so I simply said goodnight and went to bed.

By the time I woke up, she was gone.

“As Sylphs,” Puck continued when no one offered an opinion to answer his question, “we know we are right. It’s wrong to subjugate the humans. It’s wrong to curb their free will and we should come to their defense, doing whatever we can to stop it.”

I caught several heads nodding in agreement to his statements. He paused for a second, letting that sink in, then tilted his head as he held up a finger.

“But the Zephyrs know they’re right, too. They know that letting humans do as they want will only destroy the planet further. They can’t help it. A desire for progress and the pursuit of innovation are part of their natures. The wonders they create, the scientific breakthroughs and all the testing that goes into them create pollution that damages the Earth and its atmosphere. Their desire to procreate leads to overpopulation, which leads to more waste. Keeping them under a tight tether is the only way to curb their natural impulses.”

Shock rippled through me as I raised my hand. When Puck nodded in my direction, the words exploded out of me harsher than I intended.

“Are you saying the Zephyrs should institute some kind of population control? How would they even do that? Use magic to make humans infertile?”

“I am not offering my own opinion, Ms. Thorne,” he said, his eyes narrowing at my outburst. “I simply stated what I believe to be the Zephyr train of thought. As for the means, there are any number of ways they could incorporate control over human conception rates. They do, after all, control the food and water.”

The implications terrified me. If the Zephyrs could hide something in the food to make the humans barren, what else could they do? Where would it end? They could very well poison the consumable resources and kill them all.

We had to do something to stop them.

“Do you really think they would do that?” Shaela asked, her voice holding a note of negativity.

It was the first time since her grandfather arrived that she hadn’t seemed completely enamored by him. A bolt of hope shot through my chest, making me catch my breath.

“I don’t really know, my dear,” he replied, his expression turning soft and somewhat dreamy. “I am simply speculating.

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