Thief of Lies (Library Jumpers) by Drake Brenda

Author:Drake, Brenda [Drake, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: middle grade, young adult, magic, library, romance, fantasy, time travel
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

For weeks, I sparred with Carrig, learning to balance a ball and hold my sword with an arm laced in the tight straps of my heavy shield. He won every match, but I put up a good fight. Spending time with him was like being with a coach, not a father. The man didn’t know how to work with teenagers. I actually felt bad for Deidre growing up with this guy. He busted my lip twice, cracked a rib, and cornered me until I fell down a rocky hill.

Nana was so angry she complained to Merl. He told her to stop fussing and that Carrig knew what he was doing, which only made Nana hotter.

It was coming up on three weeks and still Arik and the other Sentinels hadn’t returned from their mission. Back home, school would be starting soon. I didn’t know if I’d be back by then, which upset me. I didn’t want Deidre to attend classes for me. I valued my GPA.

The day was thick with fog when I finished my training session with Carrig. After seeing my battered arms and blood-caked forehead, Professor Attwood canceled our lessons and sent me to my suite, where Faith gave me one look and guided me to the bed. I tucked myself in a fetal position, buried my face into the pillow and screamed. How could I take any more? It was too hard. I just wanted to go home. I hated this life, and I needed Pop.

Faith brushed tangled strands of hair away from my face. “Hold on. I’ll get you something for the pain.” She grabbed a bottle from the nightstand and poured a small amount of Nana’s elixir into a shot glass, then held it in front of my face. “Here, drink this.”

I tossed back the shot, draining the liquid in one big gulp.

“You stay here. I’ll be right back.” She hurried off to Nana’s room.

I poured more elixir to the rim of the glass and slugged it down.

Faith returned with Nana on her heels, dousing a cotton ball with some sort of ointment.

“My goodness,” Nana said. “You look awful. I swear that man is going to get a few choice words from me when I see him.” She sat beside me on the bed and dabbed my cuts with the drenched cotton ball.

The pain subsided and my body seemed as though it was floating above the bed. All my fears dissipated like dandelions blown on the wind.

I giggled. “Nana, you should sell this stuff. It zaps the pain. Zippo. Gone-o.”

“Faith, did you give her the elixir again?”

“You said to give it when she’s hurt bad.”

“How much did you give her?”

“Only a half shot glass, as you instructed.”

I giggled again. “I snuck another. Well, a full shot, that is.”

Nana frowned at me. “Young lady, you’re insufferable at times.”

“What’s that mean?” asked Faith.

I hiccupped. “It means I’m difficult…I think.”

“It’s time to get dressed for dinner,” Nana said. “You need to eat something to take off the edge.”

“Okey dokey.

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