The Unwanted Challenge by Colette Rhodes

Author:Colette Rhodes [Rhodes, Colette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798624372252
Published: 2020-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

Fi

A week had passed since winter break had finished and I was getting comfortable in my new routine. Marlen and I had moved into Arthus’ cabin, which was designed for three people and in a less populated part of the campus. I woke every morning firmly ensconced between the two of them and it never failed to make my heart beat a little faster.

How was this my life?

No matter how tedious my potions lessons were or how infuriatingly pointless my combat tutoring sessions with Enfys were, my nights were bliss.

The only thing that was missing was some quality girl time. Briallen, Aderyn and I hadn’t had a chance for a girls night since winter break and I vowed to set one up as soon as possible. I knew Aderyn had been writing letters to her shoemaker beau and I was dying to hear how it was going between them.

I made the longer walk back to the new cabin with Enfys after class. The guys took my safety seriously, it was rare that I was ever on my own these days. In addition to Marlen and Arthus’ constant supervision, Enfys seemed to pop up out of nowhere to escort me between classes and Bryn silently shadowed me from a distance.

With Marlen guarding the campus gates tonight and Arthus still tutoring, they’d reluctantly asked Enfys to walk me home. He’d been scarily ecstatic about the opportunity.

“I really hope you’ll consider a career with the Council one day, Fi.” I’d all but tuned out Enfys’ chatter on our walk but that managed to catch my attention.

“Sorry?” I asked, blinking stupidly at him.

“I’m here as a recruiter,” Enfys explained slowly, his tone dripping with condescension. He probably didn’t even realize he was doing it.

“Of course,” I replied with a tight smile. “How could I forget?”

We reached the cabin door and I turned to Enfys on the stoop to say goodnight. He was looking at me expectantly like I’d invite him in. Something about the idea made me feel uncomfortable, I didn’t want him in our space.

“Er, well thank you for walking me back,” I said hesitantly. “Goodnight, Enfys.”

It felt like my heart sank to my stomach as I sensed his disappointment. I immediately muted my gift, I didn’t want to panic and invite him in just because his emotions were affecting me.

It sucked he was sad and all but the more time I spent muting my gift, the more I realized that I couldn’t take on the responsibility of everyone else’s feelings. I had my own shit to deal with.

“Goodnight, Fi,” Enfys replied politely, his face taut. I let myself into the cabin with a sigh of relief, almost slipping on a note that had been pushed under the door.

Meet me at the big oak tree near the fire training area after sundown. I need to talk to you.

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