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“Yeah, once I started explaining, he was getting things organized before we even got off the stone,” Harry replies.
“Well, at least that’s something that’s gone right,” Erin mutters.
“So, what happened with you guys?” Levi asks, clearly not able to keep the question in any longer.
We spent the rest of lunch talking through what happened and what we found out.
“So, Asher and I need to get into the library then?” Erin asks, seeming more excited than nervous.
“Yeah, we should probably wait until tomorrow night though,” I suggest, “the Enforcers have only just got here, so they’re most likely going to be going over the scene for most of the night as well. It’ll be difficult for us to get in there even using Erin’s gift.”
“Yeah, that makes sense. We’ll do it tomorrow night then, and that will give us more of a chance to make sure that there is a safe way to get them in and out.” Levi agrees.
“I kind of want to get it done now so that we can sort this quicker, but I get why we need to wait,” Cole says, and everyone makes some sort of agreement with him.
“We could really do with Cain being back so that we can see what he knows and if anyone has given him information that they wouldn’t give students,” Kai suggests, sounding a bit frustrated by Cain’s absence.
“Also, if Nyx has given him any information that she told him when he went home,” Kysen adds.
“Yeah, I hadn’t thought of that,” Levi replies.
After we’ve eaten, everyone slowly starts to leave, and I spend the rest of the day with my head buried in some of the books that we do have in the room. I know that there isn’t going to be anything that we need in them, but I simply can’t sit around and do nothing. I’m fed up with it.
“It’s more than that,” my inner voice mutters.
It's enough to make me stop, and instead of carrying on furiously reading, I close my eyes and inhale deeply as I allow myself to focus on my magic. Just as I thought, it's restless and tense. Something is coming, and I have no idea what it is, but it’s enough to unnerve my magic. The Darkness is more extensive, so much bigger, and I realise that instead of being almost completely obscured by my magic, the Darkness is now pushing against those bounds, and my magic is going to become thin in places if I don’t figure out what it is soon.
I don’t have the time to do it now though. I need to focus on the Order and getting things back to normal here. Then, hopefully, there will be at least a small window of time where I can figure out what is going on with the Darkness before the Order of Kronos throws their next issue at us.
I just hope that I can hold out for that long and that the Darkness doesn’t completely overwhelm my magic.
I know that it’s not healthy, but I push it to the side, put a pin in it, and bury my head back into the books. I’m trying to do anything to keep my mind busy. My eyes catch on the word Kronos, and I lean in closer, reading the passage.
“Kronos is the master manipulator. He can manipulate time, objects, and perhaps the most dangerous perceptions. He revels in the hardships of wars and feeds on the sorrow and pain, adding to it whenever he can. His ultimate goal, and one that he is yet to achieve, is to rule over his own kingdom. As the youngest in his family, he does not gain access to the throne, and this has been a point of anger for him, and most scholars believe where his obsession started.”
Huh, well, that gives me a little bit more insight into his past, but it doesn’t let me know how to defeat him or give me any fundamental weaknesses that could help us defeat him. I even sound crazy to myself, saying that we need to defeat Kronos, who is a fucking God, but it’s true. The only way that we can put an end to the Order and the amount of devastation that it causes is to end Kronos because by doing that, they lose their power.
However, I have no idea how to end a God, and I highly doubt that it will be easy. It’s not like there is a book somewhere that tells you how to do it; I mean, if I were a God, I would make sure that such a book didn’t exist; that’s just asking for trouble.
A sudden pounding and forceful knock sounds on the door to our room, and I frown. That’s weird; we never get visitors, and certainly not at this time in the evening when everyone else is at dinner. Unless the guys ordered some food to our room, but they never have before. Infinitely curious, I abandon the book and head out of the room, bumping into Kai and Jax in the hallway, who are coming out of their rooms too. They’re obviously just as curious as I am.
“Any ideas who that is?” I ask them both.
“I was about to ask you the same thing,” Jax says.
“Well, let's go and find out,” Kai adds as he swings an arm around my shoulders.
We make our way into the main room just in time to see Levi open the door. The sight beyond it has me confused; there are four enforcers with grave faces standing at the door. Jett and Asher are standing between two of them, almost like they’re being guarded, while the others are standing behind them with varying looks of fear, anger, and upset. I instantly get a sinking feeling. I want to turn around, but it's too late; they’ve already seen us.
“Can we help you?” Levi asks, his voice stiff and controlled.
I can feel his anger sparking through the Bond Lines at the sight of Jett and Asher being detained, but he’s managing to hide it well.
“We’re here to take Kai in for questioning in relation to the murder that has occurred in the library,” the Enforcer at the front announces.
“On what grounds?” Maverick demands.
“Witnesses that saw Kai, Asher, and Jett enter the library at the supposed time of death,” he replies.
