Page 40 of Monster's Baby

Clarissa put her hand on my shoulder.“It’s okay.”

“It isn’t, but thanks.”I plucked a bobby pin from my bun and dropped it, kicking it under the bed.I cast the spell again, and a trace of magic showed me exactly where to look to find my lost pin.“Maybe you’re the one who needs to cast it?”

“We can try that,” Clarissa said.

I taught her the spell, and she shrugged.“Nothing.”

I could see that she was trying to hide her disappointment, and possibly even tears.

“We’ll figure this out,” I said, holding my arms out to her.

She hugged me tightly, squeezing her boobs against my neck.I had never felt so short in my life as I did next to this female beast shifter.

Thankfully, she released me before it got too awkward.She wiped her eyes and sniffed before straightening her shoulders.“We should get to the Olympic meeting.”

We headed to the auditorium on the second floor.There was a low murmur of voices as if a bunch of people were having conversations at the same time, typical for a party.

Opening the doors, we found several dessert tables surrounded by students and faculty.Multiple pages were pinned to the walls around the room.I moved closer to one to read it.“These are how we sign up for the events,” I said to my friend.“Look, this one is for dragon polo.”

“We should find the guys and see if we’ve already been signed up for anything,” she replied, her taller stature helping her to look around the room.

“I think we should look at the lists ourselves,” I countered.“That way, we can sign up for anything they missed.”

“Great idea.”

We slowly made our way around the room reading the general categories of events.There were the expected ones, like flying, competitive curses, and charms, but some also surprised me, like divination and cooking.

I signed up for several, after making sure my name wasn’t already included.Either Aiden didn’t know me as well as I thought, or he hadn’t finished making the circuit.

We finally spotted the guys sitting in seats near the front of the room.

Clarissa curled up on Bruce’s lap, her lips going to his ear to tell him of our failure.His mouth hardened and he stroked her knee gently with his thumb.

I sat beside Aiden, not wanting Pierre to feel left out.“You missed some.”

“We found out it wasn’t first-come-first-served, so we decided you’d want to sign up for your own events,” Aiden replied, pressing a kiss to my temple.

I nodded my acceptance.“Thank you.”

“Besides, I signed you up for one surprise,” Aiden said, his eyes sparkling.

“You didn’t!”I gasped.

“You’ll like it, I promise.”He inclined his head.“If you get selected.”

“Aiden!That’s so stressful!”I slapped his arm lightly.

“You’ll find out your events in two days,” he countered.“It’ll be fine.”

CHAPTER11

The cheersof the crowd in the absolutelymassiveamphitheater were deafening, and I wasn’t even on the field yet!

I waited with the rest of the European contingent in one of the back rooms.We were to wait until the professional-looking attendants who had been assigned to us gave us the signal to enter the bowl.

Those of us from Blackthorn Academy huddled together, as were the rest of the schools.The exception were the dragon polo players, many of whom had faced off against their now-teammates on the field, and were therefore comfortable enough to breach the distance between us.

Within our school group, my friends and I made up the core.I bit my lip nervously and fiddled with the headpiece that would broadcast my events once we entered the amphitheater.It was a neat piece of magic; connected with the database of Olympians and tied to the person’s genetics, it was able to link each Olympian’s events to their headpiece.

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