Chapter 0015
Chapter 15
“Stop,” Theo shouts, grabbing my hand when it’s just millimetres away from touching Mason.
“Just let her, I don’t believe any of it anyway. Nothing is going to happen,” Mason protests.
“No, Mr Collins said she shouldn’t touch any unbonded majes until the seer has been,” Theo tells him.
“When have I ever given a fuck about what Deacon says,” Mason snorts like the arrogant jerk he is.
“Is this a bad time?” a polite voice interrupts and I look up to see Starbucks guy standing at our table.
“Yes,” Theo and Mason say in unison.
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“No,” I smile at him, grateful for the distraction. He leans down and places a large Starbucks cup on the table and slides it over to me.
“You looked like you needed this,” he smiles and my eyes fill with tears.
“Thank you, you don’t know just how much I need this,” 1 greedily grab the warm cup in both hands and bring it to my mouth, letting out a satisfied moan as the sweet hot liquid hits my tongue.
“Damn babe, what’s in that cup?” Theo laughs.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know your order so I played it safe with a caramel latte. I’m Luke Weston,”
“Hi L
Luke, I’m Josie. Where did you get this? Dot said there’s only filter coffee,”
“Stay away from the stuff they serve in this realm, you won’t find a Starbucks here I’m afraid, but I do have another alternative that I make if I don’t have time to take a trip out. You should come over and slum it in Saphire sometime. I’d be happy to serve you human coffee. I’m in room 98,” Luke says.
“I’d love to, thank you, Luke,”
“Be careful of this one, he only wants to bombard you with questions about humans. He’s obsessed with them,” Dot laughs and Luke winks at her.
“If he makes a good coffee he can ask me all the questions he likes. How about after classes today?” I ask
“Easy tiger, let’s not rush to be near unbonded men just yet” Theo says.
“Coffee and questions don’t require touching you know,” Luke rolls his eyes dramatically, making me giggle. I like him already.
“Yes, well until we know more it’s best not to take chances,” Theo sighs.
“You know there’s a way to test if you really do have a Spark bond right?” Luke asks.
“Oh yeah, and how is that, genius?” Theo says.
“Simple, Dot here can check your pulses and see if your heartbeats are truly in sync,” he motions to Dot. “I’m quite surprised Mr Collins didn’t check that already,” he adds.
“Luke, I swear you are the only person with a functioning brain around here,” Dot laughs and shakes her head before turning to me and Theo, “Give me your wrists,”
I place my wrist on the table and Theo scoots closer, putting his arm next to mine on the table and wrapping his other arm around my waist. I can sense this is a big moment for him. I guess it should be for me too but with
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everything that’s happened in the last 24 hours, this feels minor. Dot takes both of our wrists and positions her fingers over our pulse points and then closes her eyes in concentration. The whole room falls into silence. Have they all been listening to our conversations? Theo rests his forehead on my shoulder and I release my coffee to take his other hand in mine in support. Tense seconds pass before Dot grins.
“It’s a match,” she announces. The sound of excited chatter floods the room. Great. I love being the centre of the gossip mill… Not! A clatter sounds from behind Theo and I see Mason’s chair tipped over, I catch a glimpse of a wolf racing out of the dining hall. I don’t get time to worry about it because Theo pulls me onto his lap and squeezes me against him.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you,” he repeats.
“For what?” I giggle whilst trying to extract myself from the prison of his arms.
“For being mine, just let me hold you for a moment,” he says quietly. I fight off the urge to protest at his words and I relax into his hold. I know he doesn’t mean them as possessively as they sound, and I don’t want to ruin this
moment for him.
“Congratulations,” Luke says, “It’s not 100% confirmation but it’s extremely likely. There’s something like 0.053 % chance it’s just a coincidence. Of course, we could do further tests, we could get Josie’s heart rate to increase and see if Theo’s increases too. Josie, do you fancy taking a jog around the hall?”
“Not really,” I laugh, I’ve already embarrassed myself enough.
“It’s enough, we don’t need more proof. We are bonds,” Theo tells him.
People start to filter out of the room, some congratulate us as they pass, some shoot us worried glances and some of Theo’s friends pat his back or squeeze his shoulder as they leave. It all gets a bit hectic.
As if he can sense I need a distraction Theo loosens his hold on me, “What classes do you have first?”
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“Understanding the human world,” I deadpan and Theo laughs.
“Are you teaching it? Because if you are I might actually attend it,” Luke asks.
“I thought it would be your favourite class,” 1 frown in confusion.
“It used to be, but now I know more than the tutor so it’s pointless. I’ve been given a pass to do my own studies as
I’m ahead of the class. I have a feeling you are going to make it interesting though,” he smirks.
“I think so too, let’s go,” Theo says, guiding me to my feet. It’s only at this point that I notice that Dot and her
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men have left. I must have missed them in the chaos. Theo takes my hand and starts to lead me towards the door. Then I remember my coffee, I turn back to grab it and slam straight into a hard chest.
