Now that feels damn good.
Once I’m done, I shove my dick back in and zip up my pants before I head back out to where the others are. Ahren is tapping his foot. Clearly, he’s teleporting us back.
“He is not touching me.” Allie shudders with disgust as she looks at me. “Ares, do something!”
“You’re such a girl,” Ares grunts. “I ain’t doing shit.”
Sienna sighs as she whispers a spell, and a stream of water appears in front of me.
“What man, I didn’t touch the piss,” I inform them, but I still wash my hands.
“He still ain’t touching me,” Allie says.
Leo exhales in irritation. “You guys are fucking annoying. Now stop acting like fucking kids and get your shit together. Your entire families have been acting like fucking assholes, throwing temper tantrums in all fucking directions. So, get the hell over here; let’s get back to the Academy so they can see their damn spawn are fucking breathing so I can get back to my own shit.”
I raise an eyebrow as everyone stares at Leo.
“Someone’s pissed,” I whisper loudly.
“Theo,” Jayce warns.
Ahren nods. “Well, in our defence, we went on a rescue mission, we’ve returned safely, and it wasn’t that long for us.”
“Save it for Alejandro,” Leo says coldly.
“At times like this, Dad’s age really shows through,” Allie mutters.
We all hold on to each other, and yup, I’m stuck right between my brothers since the girls all made sure to move far away. I smirk at that. Next time, I’m just going to say I never wash my hands, even if that’s a lie.
I mean, Blondie probably thinks I do have piss bottles in my room. I mean, I did try it once when I was nine or ten, but Ma scared the shit out of me, threatening that I better not do that ever again since that dumbass Carter almost drank it, and ever since then, I never did it again.
I feel the familiar pull as we teleport, and then we’re outside the Academy gates, but there’s one huge difference from when we left: the front walls are completely charred.
“What happened?” Jayce is the first to ask.
“There’s been a couple of attacks. They didn’t get through, but things have gotten worse. Let’s get inside; we can talk then,” Leo says curtly.
We’re silent as we follow him in, and I look back at the burned walls.
A reminder of the power of the enemy...
It’s about twentyminutes later, and Aunty Maria, Raihana, and Delsanra have met their kids, and they’re fucking emotional. Uncle Al is here, and Aunty Kiara, and yeah, they were emotional, too.
The door now swings open, and Uncle Rayhan enters first, with Dad right behind him, and then there’s Gramps and Grandma right behind them.
Uncle Rayhan looks at Sienna, who is staring at him before she begins crying, running to him. He catches her in his arms, holding her close, and I’m fucking sure he’s crying, too.
I know she fucked up, and the cunt Helios tricked her, but anyone would do the same in her spot. I’d do it for my ma or dad, and the rest of my weird family.
“Jayce! Renji! Ares! Guys!” Katara says as she rushes straight to Renji, hugging him before doing the same to Jayce.
“And I’m just ‘guys’…” I say, but Carter and I are definitely at the bottom of her list.
Carter’s strict with her, and well, I’m fucking lovable but always chosen last. I have no fucking clue why, man.
She walks past to hug Ares, and I stick my foot out, and she stumbles, almost falling.
“Theo,” Ares says, frowning as he steadies her. Katara glares at me before she hugs Ares.
