Human history was so boring and I couldn’t wait to go back to Paegeia. I missed magic and using my abilities.
Sandy, who sat at the table next to mine, handed me a note. She rolled her eyes and my gaze found Chloë, trying to give me a soft puppy face look.
Urg. I looked at the note. ‘Why her?’
I rolled it up and I could feel my hands turning the note to ash.
I chucked the ash into the corner and looked forward, not sparing Chloë another glance. She didn’t deserve a second of my attention after what she had done yesterday and this morning. If she was going to carry on, she would find out just how persuasive I could be.
When the bell rang, I walked out with Jace and Carlos. They had ice hockey practice and Dad said that he was going to pick me up today with the fancy land rover he’d picked up this morning. He wanted to see if he could get a good look at Herbert, without being seen of course, as it might put the old king’s dragon into a frenzy and skulk off with Elena again.
At least she had my number. I hoped she would call me tonight, or text. I made a mental note for her to text me, as Herbert didn’t like boys, and I was the reason behind that. He knew what the Rubicon was all about. Knew how possessive dragons were, and yep, if it wasn’t my human form that tried to win over her heart, the beast would’ve hunted him down and rip him to pieces.
Thank heavens that beast was me.
I paused in the entryway as I watched Elena running to the pickup.
I got a good look at Jako Lemuir, known as Herbert Watkins.
He smiled at her, asked her how her day was and I had to admit Elena had a great poker face, not showing him once that something epic happened in her life today.
I found Dad staring from behind the window of the tinted SUV he got. When Herbert drove out of the parking lot, I rushed over to Dad.
Plenty of students said goodbye as I opened the door, sighed, and got in.
“And?” my father asked.
I smiled. “It’s sorted. She is not staying away anymore.”
“Told you it would work.”
I chuckled.Sure, Dad?
My hand trembled, and I found my father staring at it as he switched on the ignition. Not a word slipped out of his lips, though.
We drove out of the parking lot and down the street that headed to the one we rented a house on.
“So anything happened today that I should know about?” Dad asked.
“Yeah, she said that she has a bracelet like mine. The only problem is the one she showed me is like hers, is the one I made myself.”
Dad squinted. “How, Blake?”
“I don’t know, but she is bringing it tomorrow to show me. She said she had it like forever.”
My father nodded and took a deep breath. Worried laced his eyes.
“What is it?”
“I don’t know. It’s just that she can already order you to stay away, which is a bit of a problem.”
“I know. I told her today not to do that, as I sort of take it literally.”
“Let’s hope she doesn’t order you again.”
We pulled into the driveway and into the garage. “You got her number.”
“No, I gave her mine. I do not want Fox seeing their location and chasing them away again.”
