Page 60 of The Genius
“What is it?” I asked.
“I just remembered something hilarious.” Storm grinned. “Never mind, though, it’s about Solo, so I probably shouldn’t say it.”
“What?” Willow asked. “What about Solo?”
“Don’t you remember that Magni knocked him out?” Storm lifted his arm and made a right hook in the air. “Boom – good night, Solo, sleep tight.”
Willow tensed up. “It wasn’t funny then and it’s not funny now.”
Storm was still grinning. “Oh, it’s funny.” He pointed at me. “But at least Solo was standing up to Magni. You fucking ran like a girl.”
I scoffed. “I had no problem with Magni and didn’t want to fight him, that’s all.”
“You were terrified of him.” Storm clapped his thighs with laughter while Tristan came to my defense.
“Shut up, Storm. We were all terrified of him, you included. I would like to see what you’d do if Magni stormed after you with murder in his eyes.”
Hunter crossed his arms and snorted. “We all know the answer to that question. Storm would be begging for Magni’s autograph.”
“Have you decided on a day for the reunion?” Willow asked and brought us back on track.
“No, not yet, but I was thinking late July or early August, before the new school year starts. That way there will be fewer children at the school.”
“You want to have the party at the school?”
“Of course. We can bring tents and make it a fun weekend.”
Willow picked up a bowl of nuts and offered it to Storm, who was trying to reach. “And how far are you with the planning?”
“I spoke to Kya about it and she loved the idea. She said she would talk to Archer about a date. When it comes to invites, the adults should be easy enough, and from the kids I already have us four plus Nero, Mila, Raven, and Shelly.”
I frowned. “Wait a minute, why are you counting me as a kid? I was an adult.”
Storm leaned his head from side to side as if not quite sure. “You and Shelly were kind of in between.”
“We were assistant mentors. Not students.”
“True, but Shelly was only fifteen.”
“So? I was twenty.” I raised an eyebrow, speaking slowly and clearly. “I wasnota kid.”
“Okay, fine, Marco, then you can sit at the grown-up table.”
“Do you need help finding the Motlanders?” Willow asked.
“Actually, I was planning to ask Shelly to get her sister Rochelle to track down the rest of the Motlander students. Isn’t Shelly and Rochelle’s mom a member of the Motherland Council?”
“Yes, she is,” Willow confirmed.
Storm nodded with satisfaction. “Then she’ll have the connections to find them.”
“And how are you going to track down the last students from the Northlands?” I asked.
Storm gave me a sly smile. “Actually, I was hoping Tristan could help me with that.”
Tristan pushed further up on the couch. “Me?”
“Uh-huh, you talk to Mila sometimes and being Magni’s daughter, she’s bound to have connections too.”
