“You’re welcome,” I reply nonchalantly. Now, where wasI…
“Aldona?”
Is this how it feels to have children? Her constant questions remind me of Kaden, but since he lost Sienna, he’s become quieter.
“You’re cool.”
“Not the word I’d use, but thank you.” I nod, not bothering to look at her.
She laughs before walking off.
I snap my journal shut and look at the flickering light from my lava lamp reflecting on the wall.
This is the first time we’re spending more than just a day at the Night Walkers Pack since everything happened, and I’m not sure how I feel…
Well, there’s only one way to find out.
Sapphires & Rubies
Heaven
The Academy has changed, and Head Commander Maria, my jaddati, is doing incredibly as the new leader of this training academy.
“Did you hear? There was another attack on a pack up north, the Stone Light Pack. It was a tiny pack, but I don’t think anyone survived…”
“No… not manananggals, they say it was something coming through the veil…”
“Oh yeah, the town had some casualties, too…”
“Yeah, and human victims, too.”
“It’s being dealt with by the higher-ups, but it’s not looking great.”
The whispers follow me as I make my way outside for morning training. It’s specific training for witches only, so Allie won’t be here. Although I can sense some magic in her, it’sminimal, not enough for her to attend these classes, but it doesn’t stop me from making her learn outside of class.
Sometimes I think people are fools. How else are we to tap into our full potential if we don’t push every part of us to the limit? But Allie prefers to use physical skill rather than mental. She is more animal than human, I guess.
I hide my smile at that, remembering when she once tried to pull back her lycan form, keeping her own long hair, but her face was still in lycan form. It just looked hilarious and ugly. For Halloween, she should go like that; it would be fun.
“Yeah, they say the death toll is still rising,” someone murmurs.
I frown slightly. There’s not even just cracks in the veil anymore; they are tears, huge gaps like the one in the sea in Puerto Rico. Barriers are created where the tear is huge, but finding the tears before damage is done isn’t always possible. When they appear, most of the time, something horrific comes through. It’s happening all around the world, and despite patrolling and monitoring with technology, we usually learn of the tears when something has already occurred.
“Hey.” An arm slings around my shoulder, and I arch an eyebrow, looking up at Tatum.
“Hi, but I didn’t spend all morning styling my curls for you to ruin them,” I reply, brushing his arm off.
He raises his eyebrows. “Really? I thought you just ‘magic them’ to perfection.”
“Regardless, still effort.”
“Well, sorry for damaging your perfect hair. Here, I was on patrol last night, and Aunt Del caught up with me. She said to pass this to you.”
My eyes widen. “And you waited until now to tell me?” I swipe the package from him, displeased.
“We got back late, and I just got up, showered and headed your way,” he replies defensively.
“Well, thank you,” I say haughtily before turning and slipping the package into my bag, whispering a spell as I seal my bag shut. I might be a little paranoid, but with things like this, you have to be careful. Especially after what happened to Ares. They may have scoured the school, but there is a traitor amongst us, if not more than one.
