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“Kallie is in that awful math class, Briony in one of the science ones, both Jax and Gable are in theactualplaying fields.”
“Okay, you taking the playing fields?” Sloane asked.
“Of course, brother,” Cord wore a sly smile and Sloane muttered under his breath as he walked away.
“Go with Sloane,” Cord instructed. “Watch.”
Tegan realised by this point she was so out of her depth of understanding, she may as well just wait here until one of them came back for her. A groan sounded from inside the closet had her pushing off the wall and hurrying to catch up with Sloane. He looked into one of the rooms and made a slight tapping noise on the window, it was soft and barely a sound, but a copper-haired female raised her head quickly. There were voices in the classroom and then she slipped out through the door.
“What’s going on, Sentinel Ivanov, where is Zahra?” she glanced at Tegan. “Who are you?”
“Needed at Headquarters, I’ll explain when we get Kallie,” Sloane walked purposefully down the hall.
Tegan studied the red-haired female, her skin was almost as pale as Tegan’s, she was tall, an inch or two taller than Tegan. Her frame was slight, but she moved with a confidence that belied her training.
“Briony,” she offered to Tegan as they followed Sloane.
“Tegan.”
“You look like Michael, are you a cousin?”
“Briony I told you I would tell you at Headquarters,” Sloane’s voice drifted back to them.
“Bell is about to ring for lunch, Sentinel, may as well wait for Kallie here,” Briony grinned. “She hates maths, she’ll be the first out of the door.”
Just then a shrill piercing sounded the hall, startling Tegan. Doors opened and students piled out. Tegan glimpsed Sloane catch the arm of a small dark-haired female. She looked at him in surprise before a warm smile spread across her face. She was quick to notice the others though and her smile faded.
Tegan turned to see Cord coming back up the corridor. “By the Ancients, I hate this place,” he muttered when he reached them. “Who’s next?”
Tegan went to put her hand out, but Cord reached past her, grabbing the two female Akrhyn, he pulled them into a now empty classroom. When Tegan looked inside, they were gone.
“I don’t know why I am here,” Tegan said to Sloane in the quiet room, his answering shrug as he looked out of the window quietened anything else Tegan was going to say.
“Ready?” Cord asked as he appeared in the classroom. Both nodded and as he reached for them, the class disappeared, and they were in Salem’s study.
Tegan noticed that the Akrhyn they had collected where in the study too. Zahra was in the middle of an argument with her father – she really didn’t know that there were Akrhyn stationed at the school for her protection.
“I cannotbelieveyou would disrespect my wishes like this!” Her hands were on her hips, her stance indignant.
“Zahra, I really don’t care what you believe,” Salem replied calmly from behind his desk. “I did it and I will do it again.”
Realising that there was more of an audience in the room, Zahra turned her fury towards Tegan. “Andher?You sent her?”
“No, that was me,” Cord drawled from his corner in the room.
“Why?” Zahra was looking at him confusion.
“Because I can,” Cord shrugged. “Aren’t you interested in the human we left in the closest?”
“What human?” Salem asked in alarm. “Did he see you portal?”
Cord snorted his derision at the question not bothering to answer, while Salem shook his head.
“Who’s the human?” Michael asked.
“Brett Andrews,” Briony answered. “He’s Zahra’s current love interest.”
“Current?” Cord’s questioning look of concern to his brother was marred with the malicious smile he sent Zahra.
