Page 7 of Messenger of Death
“You are correct, young one. But we can tell you that even though it’s older than you, the two of you are kin.”
I’d heard that enough to know by now that generally meant whoever was doing this was related to fairies. If the original Morrigan came about after Fairy fell and this thing was older than me, then it could have been the very thing that destroyed Fairy in the first place.
And either no one knew what it was or they couldn’t talk about it.
They’d basically kidnapped us, dumped a bunch of shit on us, and then immediately sent us into the entrance trials. It was a little more low-key now that we were officially students of Ouroboros Academy. We would have had two days to get our books and figure out where our classes were before we had to go to them even if Kira hadn’t been murdered.
The beds here were so comfortable. I hadn’t slept this well in a very long time. It was just cozy. When I cracked my eyes open, Morgana was sitting right next to my bed watching me sleep and eating candy. Iman was sitting next to her on my nightstand.
“That’s creepy. Why are you watching me sleep?”
“Sage, I don’t want to alarm you, but Vlad the Impaler is naked in your bed.”
I felt someone groan and tighten their arm around my waist. I yelped and fell straight out of bed. Lucian woke up and bolted into a sitting position.
“Lucian, you’re naked!”
Lucian looked down and yanked the blanket over his crotch.
“Sage, I’m naked!”
He said it as if he was shocked. Morgana fell out laughing, and Iman started loudly purring.
“Where are your clothes?” I asked, looking for his trousers while I was still on the floor.
“Back in his dorm room, I imagine. He flew through the window in his bat form, shifted back, and crawled right into bed with you,” Morgana hooted.
I’d never seen a cat laugh before, but I could just tell Iman found this funny. Lucian looked absolutely mortified.
“I don’t remember doing that. How am I supposed to get back to my dorm room?”
“Turn into a bat and fly right home. Can you do that without giving us all a peek?”
“I don’t know how I did it in the first place! I keep ending up next to Sage in my sleep. Apparently, if we are several floors apart, I just turn into a bat so I can get to her!”
“That’s really romantic. Maybe you just need more hugs,” Morgana said.
Lucian gave her a withering glare. Itwasromantic though, especially if you knew how he felt about people touching him. It was sweet he was drawn to me like this, even when he was unconscious.
“I could go to your room and get your clothes,” I suggested.
“You can’t,” he moaned. “I have a single, so there’s no one to let you in. I never sleep with the door unlocked on accountof people keep trying to kidnap me. I’m guessing I opened the window and flew out. My room is on the second floor.”
“Khalid would give you some clothes to walk home.”
I already knew that. Liam would think it was hilarious and let him walk home naked as revenge for getting in my bed naked, but Khalid would help.
Before I could even get up to leave, my familiars flew through the window carrying clothes in their claws. They dropped them in his lap and settled back on the windowsill.
“Thanks.”
“We weren’t thrilled you were bonded to the original vampire in this life, but this one is different. He has exceptional self - control and refuses to solve his problems with violence. The vampire and the Ancient One will find something to bond over, and your group won’t be shattered.”
“I’ll believe that when I see it.”
“Can you all turn around so I can get dressed?” Lucian asked.
I immediately turned, but Morgana just sighed and eventually turned. Iman didn’t move. She looked me dead in the eye and shoved my phone off my nightstand like she was daring any of us to make her.
