Chapter 0035
Once the dining hall has cleared out there’s a tense silence as we all wait for Mason to explain.
“Well?” Mr Collins demands, I can only see his feet from my position behind the wall of muscle. The dagger clatters to the floor in between Mason and Mr Collins‘ feet,
“Someone threw that at us. It was heading straight at Josie’s head,” Mason explains.
“And you saw it and managed to intercept it?” Mr Collins aks, his tone sounds accusing.
“Yes, I did,” Mason growls.
“Did anyone else see this happen?” Mr Collins asks.
“I did, Mason acted before I could even open my mouth to warn anyone,” Joe admits.
“Very well. Does anyone know who threw it or see anything suspicious?” he asks and we all say no. “Get to class, I’ll get to the bottom of this. Well done, all of you, you acted quickly and kept your bonds safe,” he says before picking up the dagger and walking away. He didn’t even ask if I was okay. Asshole.
Dot and her bonds head to class after she warns us all to stay safe and look out for each other. A part of me wants them to stay with us but if there’s someone out to hurt me then it’s probably best she keeps her distance. The guys keep me boxed in between them as we make our way to our first private lesson in the gym. The tutor has not arrived yet so we sit and wait, all lost in thought. Why would someone throw a dagger at me? I know I’m the weird new girl but surely that’s not enough for someone to actually attempt to kill me. And why is this not being dealt with as seriously as it should? In the human world, this would be attempted murder, and the academy would have been put on lockdown. A tall man enters the gym, pulling me from my thoughts.
“Good morning, it’s nice to meet you, Josie, my name is Noel and I’m going to work with you all on testing your abilities, let us head out into the woods for this,” Noel says and we follow him out, across a field and towards the woods. The guys seem more relaxed now we are away from any other students. Luke walks up front with Noel discussing how quickly my gifts are appearing and growing Axel walks quietly at my side and Theo and Mason walk behind us. When we arrive at a small clearing amongst the dense trees Noel asks Theo, Axel and Luke to practice trying to pick up leaves using telekinesis. None have them have shown a telekinesis ability before so he wants to test if they have it now. He takes me and Mason further into the trees and instructs us to start by using telekinesis to lift small branches and work up to larger ones until we hit our limit. Mason lifts the first one easily and moves to a bigger one. He’s on his 4th lift whilst I’m still staring at the first twig intently. Excited shouts come from the other three guys and Noel jogs over to check their progress. I decide to start smaller with a fallen leaf and huff in frustration when nothing happens.
“You can’t just stare at it,” Mason grumbles.
“Then how do I do it genius?” I snap back. With an irritated sigh, Mason comes to stand beside me.
“It’s easier if you use your hands, even though it doesn’t actually do anything it helps to visualize what you want to do, stretch out your hand and imagine the leaf is attached to it by an invisible line, as you raise you hand the leaf should raise too,” he explains. I do as he says and almost screech in delight when the leaf floats a few inches off of the ground.
“Thank you,” I grin at him, I’m about to go in for a hug but I’m quickly reminded who I’m dealing with when I see his frown. “And thank you for saving me earlier,” I add, biting my nails nervously.
“Don’t do that,”
“Do what?” I ask. Maybe he hates nail–biters?
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“This,” he gestures between himself and me, “we are not having a moment here. I saved you because it’s what I’ve been trained to do and because I know how much it would hurt Theo if I hadn’t, and I’m only helping you now because like it or not we have been put together for a reaso. If there’s a threat to this realm, which is the home of the very few people I care about, and the only way to stop it is by working with you then I will. But make no mistake, we will never be more than co–workers that occasionally fuck when it’s required, nothing more,” he spits out in a rough tone.
“Fine by me,” I snap, hiding how much his words hurt me behind a scowl. Fuck him! I turn back to our task and lift a large branch easily. Maybe anger is the key to my telekinesis gift. Every time I’ve used it it’s been in reaction to something. I look at a large fallen tree and I channel my anger, the tree begins to wobble and then it floats a foot in the air. I hold it for a second and then leave it to drop before heading over to check what the others are up to. As I approach I stop in my tracks. I stare in awe as hundreds of leaves float around. It’s a magical sight. “Wow, this is amazing!” I exclaim, jogging over to join them. My three guys all turn to face me, proud grins on their faces making the sight even more stunning.
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seems that not only do you all enhance each other’s powers but you also inherit them,” Noel says excitedly. Luke picks me up and spins me in his arms before planting a kiss on my lips, “Thank you,” he grins down at me. “For what?” I laugh, his energy is contagious and I feel excited and giddy.
For everything, for being mine, for making us the most super superhumans, the list could go on,”
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“My turn,” Theo announces before pulling me from Luke’s arms. He spins me to face him and then his lips meet mine. The kiss is swift but passionate, our first one. A thrill shoots through me but is quickly dampened when I catch Mason’s jealous gaze on us.
