Tangled

Chapter 235

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235 Ava: Magic Training (1)

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Magister Orion clasps his hands in front of him and beams in my direction. "And now, we have you, Ava Grey. The first wizard in a very long time."

Feeling the intensity of his gaze, I shift my weight, settling a little deeper into my chair as though that will somehow shield me from his excitement. "I don't want

you to see me as something special. I'm just me."

"You can't get away from being special, Ava Grey." He sighs. "It's unfortunate, but you'll never be able to escape that. Even without your magic, you're mated to an alpha, correct?"

I nod.

"Then you were already special to begin with." He spreads his hands with a little shrug. "Your magic is

like confetti on a cake."

Confetti?

Oh. He must mean sprinkles.

"Sprinkles are disgusting," I point out.

They are not. I like them. Selene's little whisper in my

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mind has my nose wrinkling

Sprinkles are just crunchy wax covering delicious icing. They have no business being within a mile of a decent

cake.

"Yes, well, there are those who love their sprinkles."

Magister Orion claps his hands. "So. Fire was your first element. I'm a little surprised. I thought it would be

water."

Tilting my head, I ask, "Does it matter?"

"Matter? No. It's a simple bit of curiosity. A personal theory, I suppose. Have you had any success with

other elements?"

"Water," Vanessa offers.

"Oh?" That sparkling look in his eyes is back. "You

touched water?"

head, I admit, "Not exactly. Nothing happened, but I could feel something

refreshing and cool, when I finally stopped trying to

Orion murmurs. "And were you having memories

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like with fire." Squinting, I think back. "I did think about water and its properties, but

Then Selene told me to stop trying to force it, and I tried to relax. Once I finally did, it came to me. It doesn't

me on its own."

my explanation

words to use, or how to describe the feelings in my body. I don't

sounds like a partial activation. You felt your attunement with

are too quiet for me to catch. I strain my

swear

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continues, his voice rising. "Florice can

jarring,

swear.

expression. "I'm simply sick of how things are governed here. Did

me, awkward and uncertain. Is

it were more of an exaggeration than it is," he

Fae bureaucracy, Magister Orion's demeanor

front of a blank wall, and I'm about to ask why when, like magic, doors

They are magic. The wall shimmers and parts, revealing

nothing before

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to make sense of what I'm seeing. The ceiling-if you can call it that- cycles

once.

feet. I can almost taste it, a

to the training room,"

announces.

melt away, replaced by sleek metal walls. We're suddenly standing in what looks like a

happened?" I ask, my voice barely

to the needs of its owner," Magister Orion

taking it all in. The level of magic surrounding us is staggering It

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looks like a forested grove,

to make sense of what I'm seeing. The ceiling-if

it that- cycles between sun, stars, and wooden beams like a normal ceiling. It's disorienting and

once.

ground beneath my feet. I can almost taste it, a tang on my tongue like ozone after a

training

announces.

as the words leave his mouth, the room shimmers. The trees melt away, replaced by sleek metal walls. We're suddenly

according to the needs of its owner," Magister Orion explains. "But it won't

The level

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up, sends a tingle down

be safe to practice your

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