The Headmistress by Milena McKay

Author:Milena McKay [McKay, Milena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-09T23:00:00+00:00

The evening found Sam alone in her apartment trying to read, but in reality simply staring at the pages of the book. She had memorized The Light Princess by heart a long time ago, and yet she still loved getting lost in the beloved pages. Still, tonight they did not hold her attention. The events of the day spiraled in her mind, causing her to think of all the ways she could’ve perhaps worded her parting shot to Alden differently, without offending him. Except she found it difficult to regret any of her words when she’d meant every single one of them. Alden had not endeared himself to her this afternoon.

A knock on her door caused her to start and then laugh at how jumpy she’d become. She set the book aside and opened the door to reveal Magdalene and, unsurprisingly, Willoughby. The cat did not wait for her permission to enter and simply padded inside, making himself comfortable on the chair Sam had just vacated.

Magdalene raised an eyebrow, obviously much more polite than the cat, and awaited Sam to beckon her inside.

“You wouldn’t believe who visited me today, Sam.”

“If you tell me Stanton Alden deigned to grace you with his illustrious company, that wouldn’t be a surprise. He stopped by earlier, I know. His insouciance cloaked in concern stopped flying with me years ago, back when I was a kid. I don’t know why he expects things to have changed in the last oh... give or take fifteen years.”

Magdalene smirked and nodded.

“Indeed. I was offered some support from the trustees in these trying times.”

To Sam’s ear, sarcasm sounded particularly seductive when spoken in that low, husky tone. Focus, Sam, focus.

“Some?” Asshole. Sam couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

“Well, just enough to know that, for now, my position is secure, but I should take better care of my staff. He made a very strong emphasis on me protecting and safekeeping my staff.”

“I guess as my former guardian, he’s trying to act all protective.”

“And yet, I haven’t seen much closeness between you.”

Magdalene came closer and the coolness of her hand on Sam’s own felt like a balm.

“No, I told you about breaking Joel’s nose when I was a kid. I wasn’t invited to either of their mansions for holidays ever again. Up until now, we’ve barely exchanged greetings when he or the younger Tullinger set foot on Dragons. And they rarely have, before this summer’s upheaval.”

“Hm, I like you calling me ‘an upheaval.’” Sam smiled at the attempt at humor, then gasped when she realized that Magdalene was carefully inspecting her injured hand.

“I’m fine, I’m fine.” She tried to pull away, only to realize what she was doing, and relaxed in Magdalene’s gentle hold.

“So you keep telling people, Sam.” Of course Magdalene knew what had transpired between Alden and her. Even if he hadn’t told her himself, Dragons had ears and eyes that seemed to multiply when uncomfortable situations were involved.

“Yes, George overheard you talking to him. Or well, some of your conversation before I caught her and made her stop eavesdropping.

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