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LOST AND FOUND
A toast to being in the right place at the right time. Also, who needs oxygen? It’s overrated.
Mumbling, “You slick little…” I glance up to find he is already gone while two guys stare our way, in conversation. “Yeah, let’s go. I’ll be up early, studying and training.”Why the hell are they staring? You see something you like? Creep-os.
Alise and I make it outside, tipsy and enjoying a whisper of a delicate breeze.
“Would it be okay if we hang out again? I find having a drinking buddy is more eventful than enduring alone,” she asks with a timid tone.
“Of course. Minus Zack’s interruption, I had fun.” We exchange phones and enter our numbers, concluding tonight’s outing. With our last goodbyes, we part ways, leaving me with plenty to consider.
Chapter 9
When life gives you lemons
KYRA
Tonight is the Awakening,and all day Angie and I have been sparing, preparing for whichever House Leader I’ll be up against. Though she still hasn’t disclosed who they are. She is more worried than I am, which helps ease my anxiety, but deep down I’m hoping tonight will be worth everything I’ve endured.
She inquires about my bruised hand, and I deflect on account of Alise using her blood magic to heal it. Regardless, Angie rids the remaining effects on my knuckles, despite me ignoring her questions, along with all the other scars and bruises she gifted me.
I don’t speak of Raine, or us exchanging numbers. I want to keepthatprivate. Also, I omit running out of Speak Easy without paying. But then again, Alise did it as well, so I can just blame her. And I sure as shit don’t voice a peep about the unsettling dream regarding those pink eyes, reducing my body to a state of unease.I loathe those damn eyes.
My stomach growls, and Angie raises a brow in question while organizing the furniture. I whisper ‘absentis,’ pressing a hand against my stomach, and the rippling stir dissipates. Smirking with pride, she giggles, gesturing a bow.
“You’re getting better. You might be ready for enchantments, which don’t require speaking.”
“Huh, I thought all spells required speaking.” I help push my sofas back in place, stepping over a few blood stains.
“It’s an incantation, not a spell,” she huffs. “Think of it this way. When you recite a phrase or set of words to produce a magical effect, which we call an enchantment, it’s an incantation. Normally they are spoken in an ancient dialect, thus why I’m teaching you Latin.” She pauses, letting me do all the work while taking a sip of her iced coffee. “Spells produce a particular outcome or effect, using a word, phrase, gesture, and so forth. An example being the sigils you’ve seen us use, requiring a hand motion. That’s a spell.”
“Makes…sense,” I grunt, moving my desk back in place.Not true, but if I can grasp being a hacker, learning this shouldn’t be difficult. Right?
“There’s high level magic you can do without words. But once you get through your Awakening and start your classes, you’ll learn all about it.” Angie helps at the last minute and gloats like she has done all the work.
“Thanks,” I scoff. “Are there other students who haven’t come into their magic yet?”
“Nope. You’re the only one. The lone survivor. The last of its kind. One in a million. Unique–”
“Angie.”
“Sorry. Sorry. But it doesn’t mean their second magical order has been obtained. Most students don’t unlock it until after the Awakening and they get their respective House’s.”
“I thought whatever magic you have tells you which House you’ll belong to?”Yeah, I’m out of my element. Not like hacking at all.
Striding away from the desk, I flop on my sofa. *Sigh*
“Nope. It depends on which magic is stronger if their orders are not from the same House.”
I lean my head back in deep thought, hoping someone can make this decision for me when Angie shuffles over,holding a book.
“Maybe this will help you understand.”
She places it on my lap and returns to her empty mug for a refill. I sit up, looking through the pages left open, and notice it’s titled,So, you want to know your Magical Order.
Reading through it, sure enough, it helps explain it better than whatever Angie was going on about.
“I get it. In summary, if your magic’s order appears before the Awakening, it doesn’t mean it’ll be your only order, nor is it the House you’ll be placed in. Your second or third order could be lying dormant. The Awakening unlocks all your orders, and the trials scale your dominant magic and place you in your respective House.”
