Page 30 of Infiltrated

Pixie pulled up the information on her screen and she catalogued all their details away. I took note of all of the incoming females, Aliya Gi—daughter of the Earth Elemental, Raegan Leigheas—daughter of the Healer, Maitie Myalo—the daughter of the Mind reader, and then Laikia Ignis—daughter of the mysterious unlisted Fire Elemental. The last one threw me for a loop, Luca didn’t mention having a sister, and I don’t think he would hide that.

“Luca has a sister, that’s interesting. We still cannot find his parents on any of the databases either so it makes sense we missed her too. I mean the only reason we knew of Luca was because of the Shadow Academy registry. Hmmm, it looks like the girls inherited one power though. Not too strong by the looks of it. Nothing here indicating any formal training in fighting, not that that is surprising since they aren’t allowed to learn. What is the Council playing at?”

“I have no idea.” I steepled my hands on the table. “Realistically, even if they were strong, there is a physical component to the training. Why put their girls at risk? I don’t think they would. No, they have to have been trained for hand-to-hand, secretly or something. I mean if they want alliances, putting your daughters in danger wouldn’t be one of the ways to do it.”

“Well, lookie here.” Pixie pointed out something on the screen. “They were added literally thirty minutes after we were put into the system. Wanna bet the Council daddies panicked at the idea of two unknown females near their high caste instructors and warriors.”

I laughed, joke’s on them then.Is there a song for we fucked, sucked, and bonded to your men?I need to add that to my list of to-do then.

We printed out their profiles and then spent extra time hacking into all cameras in the academy and erasing our trails. I had ordered four additional tablets and computers brought up for each of the men, and spent time encrypting all eight devices to keep them from prying eyes if any room is hacked. In fact if anyone were to get nosy, they would think the boys had an addiction to unicorn porn. I didn’t even know it existed.

We needed constant eyes on the property and extra devices if I needed to do some updating to my systems, but overall we were set technology-wise. Despite the bond and our abilities to connect and sense general locations, I also ordered tracking devices that would get here later today that I will also have to hack and encrypt. The life of a vigilante spy is never dull. I stretched and looked at my phone and frowned. The boys had yet to text or call us, and holy fuck, we have been here for four hours. I told Pixie as such and her pretty eyes popped open in surprise. It was always a little shocking when her full gaze hit you.

“No wonder I have to pee,” she grumbled, and we secured the room and headed upstairs. “We might as well get into something to workout in, when they get here we need to start, besides I’m wondering what this roster is all about and how it’s going to affect our plans we need to run numbers and come up with some possibilities and solutions.”

“Maybe that is what’s keeping the guys so long? Debriefing? I feel that they are pissed about something but fucking figures they get full access to my powers, and motherfuckers start to block out thoughts first. If this is some bullshit way to try and play alpha male, I’m going to kick their asses,” I grumbled as I dressed into my workout gear, and walked over to the kitchen to get a protein bar and prep some shakes for the guys and Pix. As Pix came out of the room, the elevator announced visitors, and we peeped in through the glass wall, since the boys didn’t even text us.

“Allow Entrance.”

Luca stormed in looking pissed, Dimitri had blood on his hands, Dante had no hint of smile on his facial features, and Etienne looked deadly furious. We gave them a wide berth and after a few moments of silence we walked toward the workout room and let them know to follow when they were ready and where to find it. When they wanted to talk, they would, I’m not harassing anyone for information, they aren’t a mark, and to be honest, if they want to shut us out of their thoughts, then they need to man the fuck up and talk. We are their bonded, not their babysitters.

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The momentI walked into the room and took a deep breath, I felt a deep peace resonate inside of me. Sparring with Pixie was always an adventure to let our shields down and try to react before our brains can pick up each other’s incoming movements. Besides, this was as much for Pixie as it was for the men. In that we needed to increase her control at this point too. The stronger, the better. I needed to make sure she had a grasp on everything as well. Although with her mental prowess, she would pick it up faster.

“Hey room, play 90’s punk rock,” I commanded softly to the room.

We started to stretch and get warmed up by jumping on our Pelotons to do our spinning classes. These instructors were funny as fuck and any instructor that can curse and train is my soulmate. We pushed ourselves for a forty-five-minute class, before hopping on our treadmills to cool down. Drenched in sweat, we groaned and went to drink water before starting our sparring sessions. I threw my ponytail higher and wiped the sweat out of my eyes.

“Spar then magick, or magick then spar?” Pixie asked as we walked to the center of the room.

We felt the men walk in but we didn’t spare them a glance. We were here to train and we were on limited time. We didn’t have time to coddle and honestly, I was pissed that they stormed in clearly upset, without actually telling us what was going on, and then blocking us out. I don’t like that shit.

“Let’s aim for magick and sparring later, we need to let our heart rates calm for a bit. Let’s approach this differently and see which magicks you can start to pull and use.” We sat and crossed our legs in front of each other and closed our eyes, and dropped the shields between us to speak freely so she can feel how I pull different forms. “Breathe deeply, and look deep down inside for a blue string of power and pull it up like an anchor. I want you to visualize it taking form as a ball of water and see how you feel as you manifest it.” I felt Pixie reach and concentrate, and seconds later, her shocked gasp fills the room. I opened my eyes and a giant water ball was floating above us. She then made it take the shape of a rocket, then a fish, then a penis, and I started laughing and clapping.

“Good shit! That’s amazing, Pix! Now go ahead and look for a red string at the same time but hold the blue one and do not let it go.”

Pixie shifted her concentration a bit and with another breath created a huge flaming ball next to the water. The water started to steam and quickly I sent her a mental request to throw a shield between the two elements to prevent them from affecting the other. At this point, ridiculously proud, I saw the level of concentration and determination on her face as she tried to control three powers at once. The shield went up and the two elements remained pulsing with power.

“Now keep in mind you don’t have an end to your powers. You can maintain this as long as you need to. I want you to remove the shield and use the water and fire together to take each other out. It can be simple evaporation or just dousing the fire. Whichever you choose, of course, will have the same effect. Difference is, steam will cause a visibility issue and it tends to burn skin more than fire. So the uses will depend on the amount of damage you wish to make. For now we just want the fire out, so focus on making the fire decrease, let the string go just a bit and then throw the water over the fire.”

Without skipping a beat, the shield drops, the fire is smaller, and the water douses the fire ball. I started clapping and leaned over to her on my hands and knees to give her a kiss. “I am so proud of you, that was badass!”

“It was awesome, concentrating on three took a bit more than I was used to but I really felt like I could keep them up forever. That was incredible.” Pixie sounded excited. We really should have been doing this more often.

“Yes! Okay, let's do it again! I want to get those down before we add another power and try to do four at once, then we want to be able to use the powers while sparring. Then I’m considering having you try practicing when you’re at your most vulnerable. The mind reading can be useful if you’re able to extend that to not just reading thoughts but more so to pick up if anyone is near you. Like a tracker can smell scents and pick up a trail, you will be picking up mental signatures. That will be way more difficult, the mind isn’t meant to take on so much at once, so we'll go slow to avoid any neurological damage. Mental workouts, so we just need to keep flexing it.”

Pixie sat back and did the same exercise four more times. Each time the elements got bigger, and the concentration less noticeable. Which is perfect, we didn’t want anyone to even notice what was coming their way. Rather be taken by surprise at the ease.

I felt rather than heard the men finally step a little closer to sit around us as we practiced. Either they talk or get ignored. I shrugged.

“Okay, so now let’s throw in a little curve ball, Pix. I don’t want you to hold the elements up. I want you to make them move. This isn’t just by using the power to make the water and fire and shield take form, that is easy, I want you to make them move around you by manipulating the air around you.”

She looked at me confused.

“Fair expression.” I laughed. “Maybe I explained that poorly. Close your eyes and feel the air around you. Breathe in and breathe out. When you breathe, the air is going in and out of your lungs. It is natural. It is around you. You control it. You can stop breathing by holding your breath and you can start simply by giving into your natural instincts. Just like me, magick is your natural instinct. There was never a moment where it wasn’t part of me. Tap into that. Dig deep and get to know each portion of your magick, let it fill you, become you. However, remember you are still in control, it's natural to you but itis notyou. The moment you forget that, you forget who you are and can lose control. Your mind will break. Just like depression can break the mind and soul, the loss of yourself to your magick will have the same effect. Do you feel it?” She gave a quick nod and a smile.

“Good, build the water but this time throw a shield around it instead, and do the same with the fire. Now they are two separate and powerful bombs that can be thrown and used, because the moment you let go of the shield should be at the point of impact, which means you need to feel where your magick is being sent. Stand up now.”

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