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"You'll be able to thank her yourself," Zach said. "She wants us to invite you to tea on parent's weekend. Thankfully, you have a few months to prepare for that."
"Huh. No denial. So you both knew but didn't think I'd be interested to know your parents were footing the bill?" I put my hands on my hips, annoyed.
"Just our mom," Matt said. "Our dad passed when we were babies."
I dropped my hands to my sides. "Sorry."
They shrugged.
"Class, in your seats," Professor Halifax said.
We quickly sat down and I faced the professor. Today she was wearing a pair of tight black slacks and a gray sweater. It was by far the most causal thing I'd ever seen her wear. Her hair was pulled up in a hasty ponytail and she didn't have her usual impeccable air about her. I wondered if she'd overslept. The thought made me smile. I supposed professors weren't that different from us.
"Today is your last day to prepare for the group presentations," she said. "You'll begin presenting tomorrow, beginning with Malakai's group. Wednesday will be Joanna's group, and Thursday is Hunter's group."
She moved closer to us and locked her eyes on me. "Your group will present on Friday, so I suggest you three figure out how to demonstrate your use of elemental fire magic before then."
My jaw dropped open. I had managed to make one candle light with the help of some kind of weird fae portal magic. How the hell was I supposed to do anything more exciting than that? "Professor, I..."
She stared at me, her eyebrows raised. "You have a week."
The whole thing seemed completely unfair. She'd worked with me on Saturday. She knew my magic wasn't there. Suddenly I remembered what she'd said, and I glanced at the twins sitting next to me. She was pushing us all and forcing us to use that bond to bring my magic back.
"Guess we have some work to do," Matt said, then he lowered his voice. "I heard your magic was taken that night."
I swallowed then nodded. "It was but I worked with Professor Halifax on Saturday and she got some of it to come back. And she told me you two might be able to help me."
"The magic meld," Zach said.
I nodded again. "Yes. I'm not sure how, but I think it might work."
"We connected our magic when we did that," Matt said. "If we try it again, it could jumpstart yours."
"It's worth trying," Zach said. He shot his hand into the air.
Professor Halifax walked over to us. The rest of the room was a hum of conversation as students talked through their projects and practiced their magic. I felt so out of place, like I didn't belong here. It was an awful feeling.
"Yes, Mr. Obscura?"
"Permission to go somewhere more private to practice?" he asked with a cheeky grin.
"Fine," she said, almost too quickly. It was as if this was what she expected. Without another word, she turned and walked away from us.
"Our room?" Zach asked.
I shook my head. "Not this time. My turn for the home turf."
"In the shifter dorm?" Zach asked. "You can't be serious."
"Why not?" I asked. "It's where I sleep every night."
"They hate us, you know that right?" Zach asked.
"They don't hate me," I said.
"True," Zach said. "So they'll just shift and bite our heads off and leave you be."
I narrowed my eyes. "You don't really think they'd do that?"
