Worthy Lives: Hawthorn Academy Book Six by Perry D.R

Author:Perry, D.R.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The next morning, Logan knocked on our door. Grace had come in sometime after I'd gone to sleep, and he wanted to see her. Apparently, he’d danced a hole into his shoe, but she wasn't remotely ready to wake up. We left his dress shoes in my room and went down to the café for pastry and magical bean juice. The place was deserted except for us.

"So, how'd it go with Dorian?" I asked, settling into one of the tufted chairs by the fireplace. It wasn’t lit, but I fixed that as we sat down.

"It didn't." Logan stared into his Americano.

"Oh?" I dunked a biscotti in my latte.

"I think I liked the idea of Dorian more than, you know, him." He glanced at his chocolate croissant. "If that makes sense."

"No, I get it. So you were stress-dancing?"

"Nobody's ever called it that." He snorted. "But yeah. I wore him out."

"Who'd you dance with after that?"

"Grace, and then a guy from Gallow's Hill. He had no trouble keeping up, even though he had two left feet. Big guy, but nice. I think we're going to be friends." Logan finally took a bite of his croissant.

"Bar?"

"How'd you know?"

"Lucky guess." I dunked my cookie again. "What happened with Cadence?"

"Oh, she's back together with Crow."

"Well then, the evening turned out all right for her, at least."

"And Alex."

"But he was in tears last time we saw him."

"We helped him, though. He must be better off now, so let’s visit him."

I had my doubts, but the only way to know for sure was directly from him. We finished our pastries and caffeinated drinks, got a blueberry muffin and herbal tea to go, then headed down the ramp to the infirmary. It was quiet, and Nurse Smith wasn't at his desk. Ezekiel Brown, the vampire CNA, was on duty instead.

"Hi, Zeke."

"Mr. Pierce. Miss Morgenstern. What do you need?"

"We're checking on Alex Onassis," Logan said.

"Ah, I remember." He nodded. "It was your familiar who alerted the nurse to his condition. He's here. I'll see if he's awake."

Moments later, Zeke returned, nodding. He opened the door to one of the exam rooms, and we went inside. Alex sat up on the edge of a bed, his familiar curled up in his lap, asleep. Despite the night in the infirmary, he didn't look well-rested, and he sneered at us.

Logan smiled anyway, setting the tea and muffin on the bedside table. I stood there with my arms crossed, leaning in the doorway. In this case, Logan was the optimist. We'd done the right thing for Alex, even if we'd had our own motives. I wasn't waiting for an about-face.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" He snorted, but quietly.

"Not nice, good," I answered. "There's a difference. One's for people you like, the other's doing the right thing for whoever needs it."

"That's fair."

"Exactly." Logan nodded. Doris paced over to the bed, hopped up, and sat there peering at Asceco as he slept.

"I'll rephrase. Why did you help me?"

"You needed it. Wasn’t that why you went to Aliyah twice?" Logan answered.

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