Royals of Villain Academy 7: Grim Witchery by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Chase, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2019-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Rory

I did already have a few allies on campus, even if they weren’t ones I could draw into our Scions’ Guard. When Professor Razeden had a break in between Desensitization sessions, I went down to the basement of Nightwood Tower to consult with him.

“I can see why you’d make this move,” he said, knowing but discreet, after I’d explained about the group we were assembling. “Is there some way you feel I can help?”

“That’s why I’m here. I was hoping…” I looked down at my hands, clasped together in my lap where I was sitting on the bench across from him. “I realize there are certain expectations of confidentiality, so I wouldn’t ask you to tell me exactly what you’ve seen from any specific student. But it would be really helpful if you can think of anyone whose sessions have shown signs of distrusting the barons or the new policies. And I’d like to give you a list of people we’re considering, so you can tell me if you’ve seen anything that would make you think any of them might be hostile toward the scions or particularly happy about how things have been going.”

Razeden considered me. “You’re looking not just to find guards but people who might campaign on your side.”

That was a polite way of putting it. I gave him a tight smile. “Something like that. I’m sure you can understand why. No one wants to stand up to the barons when they think they’re alone. If we can get a bunch of people who recognize how harmful these steps could be for not just the Naries but the fearmancers too, maybe we can get my mother and the other barons to listen.”

I thought the professor’s expression turned skeptical, but he didn’t voice any of those doubts. I doubted whether the barons would really listen too. But we had to start there, and if speaking up as a group didn’t work, then we’d see what we could do with whatever leverage we had by then.

“I’ll need to go over my notes, but I can come up with a list of my recommendations based on what I’ve seen in the sessions,” he said. “And I can check over your list for any reasons to be concerned. If I have them for you tomorrow morning, would that be a reasonable timeframe?”

“That would be amazing,” I said, getting up. After the meeting with Ms. Grimsworth yesterday, the other scions and I had gotten started organizing our Guard right away, but we hadn’t wanted to rush when it came to deciding who to trust. We only had a few people officially on board so far.

I handed Razeden the list I’d written of our candidates, and he tucked it into his pocket. “Come by around nine, and we’ll have time to discuss it.”

I headed back to Ashgrave Hall with raised spirits. The sight of a couple of juniors harassing a Nary student who was scurrying to her dorm made my stomach twist, but maybe things wouldn’t have to stay like that for very much longer.

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