Page 78 of Unbound Magic (Academy of the Elites 4)

29

Raven

Dr. Green’soffice was starting to feel comfortable. That wasn’t a good thing. I was guessing I’d been in here more in the nearly two semesters of study than most students were during the full two years.

“Explain,” he said as he settled into the chair behind his desk.

I glanced at my mates and noticed that Professor Flora was absent from the meeting.

“Raven?” he said.

I looked back over at him and sighed. “It’s a long story.”

“It always is,” he said.

“It started with a book,” Zach said. He nudged me with his elbow. “Go on.”

I summarized the whole thing as quickly as I could for Dr. Green, noting the frown that didn’t leave his face. I told him about the book, and the visit to Professor Halifax in her dreams. The locker room threat, and the shadow fae showing up in my bathroom. When I finally got to the note, Zach took over.

“We destroyed the book’s magic the best way we could,” he said.

“Honestly, if anything, we should get out of the trials after all this,” Luka said. “Between the whole Professor Halifax thing and her crazy mate, anything the school throws at us is going to be a piece of cake.”

Dr. Green looked at each of us in turn, finally resting his gaze on me. “If it was up to me, I’d have you all graduate if only to stop sending all the crazies to this school. In all my years here, I’ve never seen so much excitement.”

“I assure you, I’m not asking for it,” I said.

“I know, Raven,” he said.

“I think you need to fire the security team, though,” Matt said. “I mean, seriously?”

“Though, the new threat did come in from a portal I opened under duress,” I said. “It wasn’t like an outside security team could have stopped that.”

“True,” Matt said.

“Are we in trouble?” Ben asked.

Dr. Green smirked. “I don’t know what I’m going to do with all of you.”

“Hero’s banquet?” Luka suggested.

I laughed. “All I want is a quiet night to rest. And a few weeks of normalcy before the trials. I don’t even know what it’s like to be a regular student.”

“The trials are in six weeks,” Dr. Green said. “You five think you can manage to stay out of trouble until then?”

“You know, I don’t think we can make any promises,” Luka said.

“I sure hope nothing else comes up,” I said. “Is there a way to scan the school for any hiding outsiders? Make sure no other crazed fae snuck in?”

“Actually, there are some dark magic detections spells,” Zach said.

“Don’t worry,” Dr. Green said. “The guards are already checking.”

“Six weeks?” I looked at my mates. “Think we can go that long without having any extra drama?”

“We’re not going to let you out of our sight,” Matt said. “Are we?”

“Hell no,” Ben said. “We all know you’re the trouble-maker of the group.”

---