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Declan Tharraka
“What about the fact that she might not want to see us at the moment?”
I glowered at Jalen. “She only thinks she doesn’t want to see us because she does not understand what had happened.”
I did not fully understand what had happened, either. Females usually demanded to be viewed as desirable. It was another reminder that though she was not human, their unfortunate sensibilities have corrupted her. Yet another thing to be annoyed at them about.
What was so shameful about experiencing pleasure, especially when that pleasure was with your mates?
There were females who could not experience pleasure, and she had had an entire night of it. What was so wrong about that?
The way Boudica described it, made me believe this entire theory was a way for human males to control their females. Considering its effect on Capricorn, it was a kind of powerful spell indeed.
We returned to the faculty aide’s office, the library, and finally, Professor Snowden’s office. Empty once more.
“Look here.” Rothgar pointed to an area on the floor where there was a peculiar arrangement of spells. “There are spells underfoot. Something to hide from tracking.”
Jalen considered them further. “Based on their uniqueness, I believe Capricorn laid them down. Let’s look at what he was researching.”
“Whatever he is researching is under lockdown. He even spelled his damned books to be gibberish.”
Gibberish? I picked up a book. Indeed, the words were formless and would not stick to my mind.
What strange lengths to protect academic research. The elves were secretive as well, but this was, to another degree.
Some of his work looked familiar. Coventry had been tracing runes that alluded to a source of magic. However, ever since the days of the sleeping one and the chaos being known only as darkness, there have always been talks of opening up portals.
That was the job for the scholars. Out of my domain, however, when I was new when we were needed for a special kind of hands-on work, we were there to deliver.
We exited the study and added another note to the pile on his door.
A young tiefling paused in the hallway when he saw us. “If you’re looking for Snowden, he’s like never here.” The student slipped a sheaf of papers into a drop box set at Professor Snowden’s door.
“Wait,” I said. “You give papers to him, though. When does he arrive?”
“He won’t. Hasn’t in months. He teaches the class remotely from his office.”
Jalen said, “We’re at his office?”
“No, not this one. I mean like his office-office. Like the one at his house or something? His TA does his grunt work, comes by to pick stuff up and drop stuff off, that kind of thing.”
Hope seared through my chest. “His TA?”
The tiefling’s face broke into a knowing smile. “Yeah. Her name is Capricorn, and she’s a top tier pile of sweetness that gives a whole new meaning to T and A. You feel me?” He licked his lips in a lascivious way.
Rothgar grabbed the young male by his shirt front and slammed him against the wall. Nearby, a professor stuck her head from her office. Her eyes rounded upon seeing us here.
I smiled at her. “Apologies, madam. Coventry business.”
Without a word, she retreated into her office and locked the door.
“Watch what you say about her, boy,” Rothgar snarled. “If I ever hear you disrespecting her in any way, I will skin you while you scream. Do you feel me?”
The tiefling smartly nodded.
“Now where the hell is this second office?”
“Was this where we were supposed to go?” Rothgar asked.
