“You’re the only sniper, Ariel,” Rafe says, dry. “And your specialization was noted on the form, which I wasn’t happy about. I had hoped you would be a low-level candidate for picking as your specialization was a secret. We had to make…serious concessions to ensure that we got you.”“So you got me?”
And despite the fact that that’s supposed to be comforting, I pale because…Well, I think because I forgot, a bit, that this is all practice for real life.And that, one day, we could be doing this for real. And the consequences…Suddenly, I want nothing more than to pay a great deal of attention to
There’s a happy buzz in the magic classroom for perhaps the first time ever, with mom swinging her legs as she sits on the desk and Cora leaning against it next to her.We all turn when our final student arrives at the door.“Hello, enemies,” Tony says, laughing as he leans against the door frame, h
Jackson growls a little, not very pleased at the idea, but then turns to Tony with his hand out.“Sorry,” Tony says, looking cheerfully down at Jackson’s hand. “As nice as it would be to hold your hand, Jacks, what’s…what’s happening?”“I can give Ariel my energy,” Jackson says, bland. “Through our
We all watch quietly as Jesse becomes…acclimated to himself, to his new power. And I watch with a great deal of pride as Jesse’s breathing evens out, as he settles more comfortably into his chair, and as the shadows themselves become less chaotic clouds and instead more streamlined, flowing around h
“Yeah, I’m kind of jealous,” Tony says with a nod. “I can do one thing and…it’s sort of done. No developments for me.”“Well, we don’t know that,” Cora says to Tony with a small smile. “What Alvez said to you before was right – we should experiment.”Tony considers it for a moment and then shrugs, n
“Ariel,” Jackson breathes, turning towards me with his eyes wide. “It’s hypothetical – I don’t think – I never –“My body’s temperature begins to increase exponentially as I just stare at my mate, my wolf whimpering and snarling in me at turns as I turn the idea over in my mind, unable to turn away
“We talked about this too,” mom says, still looking at me anxiously and clearly wanting to check that I’m all right even as she responds to Rafe. I do my best to give her a steady nod, still holding Jackson’s hand tight in mine. “We think that…the God of Darkness, in possessing Alvez’s body, was…put