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15
Raven
The next fewdays fell into a routine, with me being overly coddled by everyone. It was like they were afraid I would crack. Even Delores was avoiding me.
It was starting to get on my nerves. Even Professor Halifax and Coach Miller seemed to be going easier on me.
Then, I got the note. Officer M was here to see me. The rest of my life was going too smoothly. Boring, even. Might as well throw in some threats and inappropriate conversations with my parole officer.
I dragged my feet to Dr. Green’s office, dreading the meeting. I did get a bit of a break since I was supposed to be off on good behavior. But the fact that three of the weeks off were during a holiday made it seem like nearly yesterday since our last encounter.
Taking a deep breath, I knocked on the door.
“Come in,” Officer M’s voice called.
I cringed, already feeling his beady gaze on me. His unusual and gag inducing smell hit me the second I walked into the office. It was worse today than usual. As if he was rotting away while sitting there in the chair behind the massive desk.
His red face glistened with sweat, a scowl on his lips.
I kept my chin up, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of knowing how uncomfortable he made me.
Discreetly, I glanced around for Dr. Green. He wasn’t anywhere in sight. I tried not to let it bother me, but this was the first time he hadn’t been at least outside the office waiting for me.
I hoped that didn’t mean anything. As I sat down in one of the chairs facing the desk, I started to consider what I’d do if Officer M attacked me. It was irrational to think about. The thief was gone and there wasn’t any reason why I should feel unsafe, but Officer M really got under my skin.
“It feels like it’s been years since I last saw you.” He grinned at me, then opened the folder in front of him, taking his eyes off of me to read whatever document he had in there.
I didn’t know what to say so I stayed quiet.
He looked back up. “You’re on track to finish out your parole by June if you play your cards right.”
“I’m following all of the rules,” I assured him.
He lifted an eyebrow. “Except for the big rule. The rule that says you can’t use time magic.”
My brow furrowed and I tried not to blink as I stared into his watery, pale eyes. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
For once, I was telling the truth. While we’d practiced finding each other’s magic, I’d never used my time magic while working with Matt and Professor Halifax.
“At the Yule ball,” he said. “I know it was you.”
“Matt told you that was him. And it was an accident,” I said.
“I’m not buying that, dear.” He leaned over the desk, getting closer to me. My skin prickled as discomfort twisted in my gut.
“You might have tricked the Obscura twins into doing your bidding, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not on to you.”
“I didn’t trick anyone,” I said.
He pursed his lips and blinked at me but didn’t take his eyes off of mine. All I wanted to do was back down. To physically move away from him. But I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction.
“You must be part siren or part succubus. Somehow, you have control over those boys. When I figure out what it is, I’m going to bring you down. Madeline Obscura is not the type to be messed with and once I show her that you pulled one over on her boys, she’ll come after you,” he said. “You might not even make it to the prison alive.”
My jaw tightened as I fought back the urge to spit in his face. “You keep threatening me, and I don’t back down because I didn’t do anything wrong.”
“You did. And I’m going to prove it. The only thing you bought yourself was less meetings with me. Which means that I’ll have more time to dig into how you did it,” he said.
“Maybe you should be spending your time trying to figure out how a thief was able to infiltrate so many positions of power,” I spat.
