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I stopped in my tracks and faced the professor. She was in a pink dress today that looked oddly similar to a toga. I wondered if she was wearing clothing that was popular in Faerie. Her silver hair was swept up into a pile on top of her head and dozens of gems were pinned in her hair. She looked more like she was ready to go to a party than teach a class.
“Sorry, I was in confinement this morning,” I said.
She pursed her lips.
I was pretty sure she didn’t care.
“So we were doing this independent study with Professor Halifax to work on connecting our magic and it turned out, the whole thing was a scam. You know? She just wanted us to help her open a portal. So I’m not sure we still need this,” Matt said.
Professor Flora cocked an eyebrow, making her features look even sharper than usual. “You’re correct, young man. You may leave. Only Raven needs to be in attendance.”
I let out a stifled squeaking sound of surprise. That was not what we were hoping for. If I was stuck doing this, I thought I’d at least be doing it with my mates.
Professor Flora’s gaze was on Matt, but I was pretty sure she was smirking at me.
“Well, I can stay if it will help Raven,” Matt said. “We do have a unique bond.”
“I know all about her bonds,” Professor Flora said. “I read her file. It’s possible that I know more about her than you do.”
“My file?” I asked, recalling the folder Dr. Green had when I first arrived.
Professor Flora still had her gaze set on Matt. “You are dismissed, Mr. Obscura. For now.”
Matt turned to me, his expression pleading. I could tell he felt terrible.
“I’ll see you at dinner,” I said.
He nodded and then turned to leave.
I looked over at Professor Flora. “So, what are we working on today?”
“Remedial magic,” she said.
“Uh, I know I’m still pretty new, but I did open a portal a few days ago,” I said.
“Could you do it again?” she asked.
“It’s illegal to open a portal to the fae realm,” I said. “So no, I wouldn’t do it.”
“Butcouldyou?” she asked. “Because I’m wondering just how much magic you are capable of on your own or how much of that was magic you channeled through your more experienced mates.”
I hadn’t thought of that before. All of them grew up with magic. They’d studied it before coming here. I was the one who was new to all of this. “Fair point.”
“This way,” she said, gesturing to the desk in the center of the circular room.
On the table there were five rocks sitting on squares of colored cloth. They were all black and smooth. While they were pretty enough, they didn’t look special. But I’d been here long enough to at least know that surely wasn’t the case. If she had them out for me, they were something important.
“These are element stones,” she said. “All magic can be traced to one of the elements as you have likely learned in your studies.”
“Yes,” I said. “My strongest is fire. So I spent most of my time here thinking I was a fire mage.”
“Your mother was a fire mage,” she said. “Your father was … something else.”
“Fae, yeah, I know,” I said.
She smirked. It was unnerving. I didn’t like seeing her so self-satisfied. It didn’t feel like it was going to end well for me.
“Fae magic is different,” she said. “We align with elements, but we also have magic from our court. In Faerie, there are five courts. Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Shadow.”
