Spit it Out!

Maggie came into my room and sat on an armless chair in the corner while Ben and I sat on the bed. She’d closed the door behind her, which all seemed a little secretive to me, but I waited to hear what she had to say before I jumped to any conclusions.

“Liam is a particularly odd fellow for a number of reasons,” she began. 

I cocked my head to the side to listen with interest. He hadn’t struck me as odd. Certainly not in the way that Sean had done so. “Why is that?”

“Well, his father is a mage, and his mother is a shifter. He is the oldest of three children, so he’s a mage, but oddly enough, his brother and sister are both shifters.”

Ben and I exchanged a glance. That was odd. “I thought only the oldest chi