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"But I didn't do anything," I protest. "I just sat here."

"It doesn't matter," Vanessa says, just as Selene says the same thing in my head.

I swear I can hear a smile in my wolf's voice. Sometimes doing nothing is the hardest thing of all.

I look down at my hands, half expecting to see water droplets forming on my skin. But they look the same as always. "Did I really do it, though?"

I don't know. I'm not a wizard.

Pausing at that, I scowl at the air, since she's not near me. "Then

what was all that advice about?"

A hunch.

What the hell.

It worked, didn't it?

Can't really argue with that.

The door flies open with a resounding bang, and I nearly leap out of my skin. Before I can even process what's happening, Vanessa's between me and the entrance, her body coiled and ready to strike.

My heart's still racing when Magister Orion bursts in, his massive frame filling the doorway. But it's not his size that catches my attention this time. No, it's the tiny sparks of flame dancing above his head like a bizarre halo. I blink, wondering if I'm hallucinating.

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"Fire!" he roars, his voice booming through the room. "You touched fire!"

the excitement in his tone. He's

knew you were special, Ava Grey! Do you have any idea how long it usually takes trainees to access their magic?

Sometimes months!"

room, taking up his usual position in the corner. His face is impassive as ever,

corner, still on high alert but recognizing

this time.

taking in the

from excitement to mortification.

the fire dancing above his head. "My sincerest apologies, my

that follows is deafening.

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happened. Did that

the stunned silence. Vanessa moves to

the situation.

Orion," Vanessa says, her voice carefully neutral. "How may

ahem. May I please have permission to enter Miss Grey's chambers?" His voice is subdued now, a far cry from the booming enthusiasm of moments ago. Vanessa glances back, catching my eye, and I can see she's struggling to keep

let him

beet red, and the dancing flames above his head have disappeared.

my sincerest apologies for intruding upon your personal chambers without so much as a by-your-leave. It was terribly

how to respond. Part

St Aubing b

okay. Magister Orion, I manage to say, trying to keep my voice steady. "I understand you were excited about

no excuse for such

at Vanessa and Marcus, hoping for some clue on how to proceed, but they

to let me

I begin, searching for a way to break

Perhaps we could discuss it in a more... appropriate setting? The library, perhaps?" I nod, relieved

of course," he says, backing towards the door. "I'll await

closes behind him, a hysterical giggle escapes. "Well,

corners of her mouth. "I never heard

mores."

again, the knowledge we have is contained in storybooks. We have very

Communities"

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