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As we make our way through the academy and then out onto the path that leads to the stables, we’re all silent, keeping an eye on our surroundings since we’re definitely not safe here, but I’m still playing Nyx’s words over in mind, she said to tell him to go home and the way that she spoke about him, the emotion in her voice was similar to how I would talk about one of my guys.
It makes me wonder just how well Cain and Nyx are acquainted. I had thought that he was just someone that she chose to help us, but now I’m thinking that it might be more than that.
“Cain?” I call out when we get to the stables. The last thing I want to do is to make him jump, and considering we don’t know exactly what kind of supernatural he is, I think it's just safer for everyone involved if he knows we’re coming.
“Sage?” he asks, sounding confused as he comes out of one of the stables, straw stuck all over him. He sees us all and then immediately starts asking questions, “What are you doing down here? Is everything okay? How did you know that I was here?”
“Nyx sent me. She told me that she couldn’t get hold of you and that she wants you to go home,” I tell him, getting straight to the point since I know that she’s worrying about him.
Cain’s eyebrows rise slightly as he then mutters, “Whoops, I’m going to be in so much trouble.” Before I can question him on what he means, he says louder, “All lessons are canceled tomorrow; be extra cautious. I will be back tomorrow evening.”
I then watch in equal parts awe and shock as he simply disappears, no magic sparks, nothing; one second, he’s here, and the next, he’s simply gone.
“Well, that was, erm, interesting,” Kai says with a confused frown.
“You don’t think he’s one of Nyx’s men, do you?” Jax asks the question that I’m sure we’re all thinking.
“I think that after that, it would be silly to think that he wasn’t,” I reply.
“Yeah, that would actually explain why he knows so much, things that no one else knows,” Levi says, and then adds, “Come on, let's get back to our room. I don’t like being out here this late and so exposed.”
“Me neither, especially after what just happened in the library,” Maverick replies.
As we walk back, my hands intertwined with Kai and Hunter’s, I ask, “Do you think there’s any chance that he’ll give us a straight answer if we ask him about it?”
“He hasn’t so far,” Hunt replies.
“No, but it hasn’t been so blatantly obvious before,” I point out.
Kai nods, “She has a point; I mean, the Goddess herself asked us to tell him to go home. There’s not really any other interpretation of that other than Cain’s home is with the Goddess.”
“Yeah, that’s true,” Hunt concedes, “I guess the only thing that we can do is ask and see if he’ll tell us.”
We’re all silent for a moment as we make our way back up the sweeping staircase. There are so many fucking stairs in this place.
I don’t know whether it’s just because I know that someone has just lost their life here, but I feel like there’s a heaviness, a sadness in the air, and the whole academy seems to feel somber, more silent than it usually would be. I have no idea how the teachers are going to handle it since it’s apparent that the Order murdered him and the teachers are all being controlled by the Order, but I seriously hope that he’s given the treatment that he deserves in death and I hope that Cain managed to get hold of the Enforcers so that it is dealt with how it should be, and his family is made aware.
If they aren’t, I have a feeling that his family may never know what’s happened to him, and I will not allow that. I make a silent promise to myself that if the Enforcers don’t turn up, then I will find out who his family is, and I will tell them as much as I can. I know that Cain will agree with me and most likely want to be involved too.
“What a day,” I mutter as we walk into our familiar space. Ghost and Knot leave me for the first time as they venture further into the space and go through all of the rooms, “I think they’re checking to make sure that it's safe.”
“They’re certainly on high alert,” Jax says, “although I don’t blame them, they couldn’t get to you, and the Order is practically embedded into the school. This isn’t a safe place for us to be. The Order has also now made a clear and obvious threat on our lives, with what was written in that poor man's blood on the wall.”
“Yeah, but we knew they wanted to kill us,” I say, admittedly sounding rather blasé about it, but right from the very beginning, they’ve wanted to kill us. The fact that they’ve now written it down makes no difference.
“Are you feeling stabby?” Kai asks, a knowing glint in his eye.
“Yes,” I say bluntly and then decide to elaborate, “I feel like the Order is making all of these moves, and we’re not really doing anything. We were when we were trying to find the artifact in the library, but now we can't do that because they killed someone in there and most likely moved the damn object.”
“I know, I’m definitely feeling frustrated myself. I think we’ve just got to try and figure out where they’ve moved the object and make a plan for how we’re going to destroy it,” Levi replies.
“You’re right,” Maverick agrees, “I mean, finding the object is really only half of the battle, isn’t it? We’ve then got to work out how we can break the spell that’s controlling everyone.”
“Yeah,” I sigh, “I think I’m going to head to bed.”
The guys watch me all worriedly as I head back to my room. I’m okay. I’m just annoyed by the lack of progress and tired. Today has been full-on and emotional.
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