Unleashed Magic (The Chronicles of Andar Book 1) by Laura M. Drake

Author:Laura M. Drake [Drake, Laura M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Nurse McKay stopped us at the door. “Josh shouldn’t see any visitors yet. He’s still too weak.”

Neil stepped up. “We’re his friends, he was asking for us. We promise not to upset him.”

She glanced at Neil, who gave off a serious teacher’s pet vibe, and then over to Gray, who walked around with the word ‘mischief’ all but scribbled on his forehead. “Fine,” she relented before glaring at Gray. “But one whiff of trouble, and I’m kicking you all out of here before you can say ‘Headmistress Elsie’.”

“That’s more than fair,” Neil agreed with a charming smile. He ushered the three of us past her. The rectangular room was formed entirely of shockingly white. It was almost depressing in its cleanliness. If I had to stay here, a bit of color to look at would be nice. We walked past the first two rows of empty beds with their crisp sheets, before arriving at the lone occupied bed.

“Josh,” I called softly, even though he was the only patient in the room.

“Hey.” In place of his uniform, he wore a tan, loose set of infirmary clothes that made his face look pale and eyes sunken and shallow. He looked terrible, but I mustered a smile for him.

“How do you feel?” Ivy asked.

He shrugged. “I wouldn’t say good, but I’m better than I was.”

“Have you been sleeping well?” Neil hovered around him, looking like a mother whale otter with her new baby.

The corners of Josh’s mouth turned down. “Not well, necessarily, but I have been sleeping. Although it’s been frustrating being stuck in bed with nothing to do.”

Gray patted his shoulder. “You’re lucky you missed class. The lectures have been exceptionally boring the last few days. In fact, I’d recommend keeping up your illness a few more days so you can skip the History test.”

Josh grinned faintly. “I’d take an exam over having no distractions.” He closed his eyes and shuddered. “I haven’t been able to feel Celia fully since that night.”

“What do you mean?” Gray asked.

“It’s like all of her emotions are muted again. If I strain to focus, I can just barely feel them, but—”

“But what?” Neil prompted gently.

Josh looked up with wide, guilty eyes. “But I’m scared to dig too deep,” he said in a small voice.

Whatever had happened to Celia, it had to have been terrible for it to have a shadow-effect that powerful on Josh.

Ivy walked over and perched on the edge of Josh’s bed. “Do you want to talk about it?”

“No. Yes.” He sighed. “I don’t know. It was really weird; like I was in Celia’s head and my own at the same time. I heard his voice in my head, er, her head.” He wiped his face with a trembling hand. “It was...excruciating.”

He was silent a while longer before he gulped and continued in a whisper. “I’ve never experienced anything that terrible before. I felt dirty—like someone had invaded her mind and took it over. Their magic was so filthy it made me sick, but I couldn’t do anything to stop it.

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