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“They can do that?” I asked, shocked.
“Unfortunately,” Zeph muttered, standing up. At some point, he’d put his wand away, but I sensed his magic lingering in the air. “What the hell are you doing here?” he demanded, his attention on the three male fae in the foyer.
“We’re here on order of the king to search Prince Kolstov’s suite for anything related to the attack today,” the one with white-blond hair to his shoulders replied, his tone devoid of emotion.
“You can’t be fucking serious.” Zeph folded his arms. “What the hell could Kols have to do with any of this?”
“That’s Council business,” another of them replied, his chin notching upward in clear dismissal. “You’re no longer privy to that information,Headmaster.”
“Oh, fuck you, Danqris. I’m Guardian-bonded to Kolstov, which makes me your superior by default. A temporary demotion will never change that.”
Danqris’s lips pulled back into a snarl. “It will if I find anything that incriminates his ass.”
Zeph scoffed at that. “Yeah, be my guest, asshole. But when you don’t find anything, and Kols returns to see that you’ve destroyed all his shit, I’ll be sure to tell him who to thank.”
The Warrior Blood seemed to take that as more of a challenge than a threat and proceeded to rip apart the suite. When he reached my room, he demanded I unlock it.
And then began to destroy everything inside.
Including my new plant.
Zeph vibrated with anger by the end, but it was nothing compared to Ella. She actually slapped two of the WarriorBloods after they rummaged through her personal items. Then she kicked the one called Danqris when he went for her underwear drawer.
I watched in amazement as they actually backed off, the blond one even looking a tad contrite as he sidestepped her to exit the bedroom.
After what felt like hours of unnecessary damage, the three Warrior Bloods left without a shred of evidence.
Clove hadn’t moved from the recliner, having chosen to nap there while they rummaged through the suite. But I sensed her alertness, as if waiting for me to call her to my aid should I need it.
I wondered why she brought me the stonepecker, if it was something she found outside the walls or if she was trying to tell me something.
My suspicions told me it was the latter, but I couldn’t figure out what she wanted me to know aside from the obvious—the perpetrator had used a stonepecker to breach the Academy walls.
“I’m going to fucking kill those assholes,” Ella seethed as soon as they left, her eyes flashing with blue fire as she took in the mess they left behind.
“Kols will take care of them,” Zeph promised. “But in the interim, we should probably clean this shit up.”
Ella muttered a few more choice words before pulling out her wand. “I’ll be in my bedroom.”
Zeph nodded, his gaze catching mine. “Come on. I’ll help with your room.”
“Oh, you don’t have to do that. I can, uh, well, I can pick up everything,” I finished lamely, my lips twisting to the side.
I totally had this. I would just put everything away by hand. How hard could it be?
Chapter Sixteen
ZEPH
“I totally do not have this,”I heard Aflora mutter to herself on the threshold of her room.
My lips twitched as I took out my wand and created a pair of figments. “Put everything back where it was two hours ago.” They would be able to sense the history of objects to know where each item went.
The two invisible entities started immediately, causing items to essentially float across the room as they followed my edict.
“When you’re done in here, work on the kitchen, then the study area and the other guest room.”
They didn’t reply, but I felt their agreement through my magical bond to them.
