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If they did, it was possible they were looking for me.
Hoping that the time stop had also applied to monsters, I raced toward Dr. Green’s. His office was magic proofed. He might be sitting in there right now not even aware of what was going on.
I got halfway to his office when someone walked out of a room in front of me. I stopped, heart pounding as I stared at Professor Halifax.
“Thank the gods you’re okay,” she said. “Are your mates with you?”
“No,” I said. “They’re still in the gym. What’s going on?”
“Time bubble,” she said. “Hurry, in here.”
I followed her toward her classroom. “Were you in your back room? How long has this been going on?”
As soon as I stepped into the classroom I knew I was fucked. Staring back at me, a wide grin on her face, was the magic thief. The magic thief that was supposed to be dead.
I heard the door close behind me and everything started to come into place all at once.
Professor Halifax was the one who killed the thief, she was up and moving after the last time bubble, she’d made sure I was in a trials group with my mates. For all I knew, she was the one who moved the trials up.
All of it was a trick.
“You’re supposed to be dead,” I said, glaring at the thief.
“Funny, so are you,” she said.
I balled my hands into fists and clenched my jaw as I stared at the fae who had killed my parents and tried to do the same to me. I wasn’t going to let her win. Even if she had help, I wasn’t going down easy.
Professor Halifax walked around me and stopped in front of me. She was in an emerald green tunic and black leggings with thigh high boots today. Her long hair hung loose down her back, tucked behind her pointed ears.
“Why?” If I was going to die, I at least wanted to know why.
“It’s nothing personal,” she said.
“I think trying to kill someone is usually personal,” I said.
“You sound like a human,” the thief said.
“Half human,” I said. “And if not killing people is what humans are known for, I’m happy to embrace that side of myself.”
“You would,” she said, then she turned to Professor Halifax. “I don’t understand why I can’t just kill her and take her magic.”
“I told you, we need her,” Professor Halifax said.
The thief rolled her eyes in a very human gesture and walked over to the front row of benches. She sat down and crossed a long leg over her other leg. Leaning back in her seat, she stared at me, as if she was waiting for me to do something.
“What am I doing here?” I asked.
“You and I have been working on opening portals for months now,” Professor Halifax said.
“So?” I asked.
“So, I need you to open one with me,” she said.
“That’s not going to happen,” I said.
“Oh, I think it will,” she said.
“Just open it yourself,” I said.
