Page 37 of The Stone Secret
“It doesn’t matter.” Curi placed a cup of coffee in front of me. “The Stone Council want the fastest, the strongest, the most ruthless guardians. Dayn is all of those things. But he’s also a worm.” He slid a glance my way. “You said Bax was protecting someone?”
“His sister. She’ll be coming here as an omega next year, and he said Dayn had information about her…”
Curi’s eyes narrowed in thought. “Then maybe it’s time we played him at his own game.”
“Get intel on him,” Touron said. “Something he’s hiding.”
The two males shared a silent look of communication.
“In the meantime,” Shar said, “stay away from the creep. He put us all in danger by trying to tell Bax to leave you behind.”
“Even if he told us you were dead, no way would we have believed it,” Palia said.
“I know that. But I guess he just wanted to please Dayn.”
“Dayn has an issue with halfbloods,” Curi said. “Always has. The Lowther family pride themselves on having sired none. Their bloodline is pure goyle, and—” Curi broke off, his attention on the doorway.
Selas stepped into the kitchen, her milky gaze tracking over the space to settle on me. “It’s getting late. We should go.”
My heart sank. “I want to stay here tonight.”
She sighed. “I’m sorry, Cam, but that’s not possible. Now more than ever.”
Now that they knew that other cadets were out to get me. I wanted to argue, but it was better to save my energy for resisting Serath.
“I’ll get my things.”
“They’ve already been moved.”
“Great.” My tone was dry. I pushed back my seat and stood. “I’ll see you guys at breakfast tomorrow.”
I followed Selas out of the room but paused at the steps to the upper floors. “I need to check something in my room.”
“You mean your boogeyman?” She arched a brow.
Only my friends and Serath knew about Derek. But even Serath didn’t know that Derek had saved me from Ignus. “What did you do to him?”
“Nothing. But he can’t be here. The wards should have kept him out.”
“I figured as much, and I was going to speak to Willowman about him. Derek saved me from Ignus.”
Her gaze sharpened. “Interesting. Willowman will be joining us for supper. You can speak to him then. In the meantime, the tulpa can stay in your dorm room. You can check on him tomorrow.”
I usually ate with my friends, but it looked like I’d be sitting down to an evening meal with the elites tonight.
With Serath.
I wasn’t sure how I felt about that.
No. That was a lie. I knew exactly how I felt, and it was wholly too good.
CHAPTER16
We were halfway to the observatory when Levi stepped into our path. “Cam…I heard what happened earlier.” He walked up to me, his sea-green eyes filled with concern. “Are you all right?”
My body leaned toward him out of habit, but I stopped myself and took a step back. “I’m fine.” My smile felt stiff.
He tutted softly. “Can we have a moment please?”
