Page 33 of Fortune Academy: Year Two
As for others being able to use the Blood Stone, well, there went my plans on letting Olivia use it to restore her magic. I highly doubted she had any relation to a demonic royal bloodline.
But that left Hendrik. “Why would he want me to charge it, then?”
She grinned. “I like Dark Mages. They have no soul, so they have nothing left to lose. Consequences wouldn’t mean much to him.”
I hummed in response. “I guess so.” At least Hendrik was open about his agenda in using me. He’d never pretended otherwise.
The stone warmed my icy fingers as I turned it over in my grasp. “Do you think it’ll give us enough power to jump realms?” I had no desire to pawn more power off of Hendrik. I’d seen what it had cost Dante. Hendrik did not offer up his clan’s magic for free.
Jess hummed in thought as she tapped a claw against a plump lip. I hadn’t noticed the tail until now as she quietly whipped it across the cell’s floor. “It seems that Fortune Academy is close to Hell. I think getting back to Earth would be out of the question, but the stone could easily take us to the Hell realms.”
I went dizzy at that. Sure, maybe I was starting to embrace my dark side, but that didn’t mean I wanted to go to Hell. “And why would we go there? I mean, I know Fortune Academy is full of two-faced assholes, but surely it’s better than Hell.” If that was her idea of escape, then I’d rather just stay put.
She chuckled. “This would be so much easier if you remembered who you are. You have allies in Hell, Lily. You’re the first demonspawn in a long ass time to walk the earth as native-born. And your lineage? Don’t even get me started.”
My claws retracted so I could wring my hands.
Royal lineage.
Allies in Hell.
I really didn’t like where this was going.
“So, who are my parents?” I pressed, swallowing the lump in my throat.
She grinned. “Oh, sweetie. I’m not going to tell you. The look on your face when we get to Hell will be all the sweeter.”
Her gaze dipped to my Blood Stone and I realized I had been cupping it for strength. I let it fall to my chest. It pushed warmth into me, easing my hunger to a dull ache. “Fine. Then I need to finish charging it.”
Jess’s smiled dimmed as she slunk away from the bars. “Well you’re not charging it on me.”
I chuckled. “Don’t worry. I have plenty of other options.”
It was time to teach my Virtues a lesson.
Starting with Kaito.
Chapter 12
Dante grilled me the entire trip back to campus, even when he opened the gate and let me through the barrier that tingled up my spine. I hated the sigh of relief that escaped me when I slipped past its border. There was something about the campus that suppressed my hunger and I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing.
“Why won’t you tell me anything?” he growled.
“Because it’s none of your business,” I retorted as I stormed down the street towards Kaito’s office.
“Where are you going?”
“Again, none of your business.” I glanced over my shoulder to see him prowling after me. “Are you going to follow me all night?”
His orange eyes glowed with impatience, but he didn’t move to touch me. “If I have to.”
“Fine,” I snapped, looking forward. “But I’m still not talking to you.”
We sped-walked in silence until I finally started to get tired. The campus might reduce my hunger, but it also made me feel more… mortal. I reluctantly paused to catch my breath as I eased onto the edge of a platform that held a variety of exotic plants. Some glowed with soft magical lights, reminding me that we were nowhere near Earth. I plucked one and toyed with it over my fingers, sensing its magic.
“There are protection wards all over campus,” Dante admitted when he joined me, indicating the bloom. “Now you know what the flowers are for.”
“Like your room?” I asked. I hadn’t seen any flowers, but as I’d learned with Cindy, sometimes it only took a rune or a spell.
