Tangled

Chapter 245

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245 Ava: Magic Boot Camp

Magister Orion keeps me in the training room for an entire week.

Eating. Sleeping. It doesn't matter; I do it all there.

At first, it's weird. I'm always rushing, wanting to go back, to see if we've heard from Sister Miriam or Selene, but Magister Orion points out every time-enough time hasn't passed in our

world.

It's weird. I don't think it'll ever feel right.

"How long has it been? Didn't you say it changes?"

"It changes from time to time, but stays stable for long periods." He rests in a hammock, swaying from two palm trees in the middle of our weird, metal training room. He looks like he's on

vacation.

Marcus is watching in silence, as he always does.

Vanessa's asleep in her own hammock. They've been taking turns.

Me?

I'm drenched in sweat, but there are three different flames, about an inch in size, floating in the

air in front of me. It's little more than candle-strength, but I'm proud of it.

Maybe it doesn't sound like much, but it's massive progress.

Instead of pestering Magister Orion for a more concrete answer, I try to pull the three flames together and merge them into one.

It all falls apart after that.

and I cut my trickle of magic as it dives straight

It, too, disappears.

I'm left with one feeble

cutting my magic and watching it

Magister Orion announces on the heels of

blink, surprised. "How do

at the wall behind me. "The room

displays a countdown for our time in the training room, while the other shows the time and date in the Fae Ward. "Wait, the Fac

me an

I explain,

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up eagerly. "We've always used clocks

analog clock to someone who's never seen one? They have hands that go around

Why? Why do you need hands? Is it to move

circle?"

needles

rubs the tip of his nose in thought. The numbers

1 nod.

do you tell time with

minutes. The big

only have

so before noon. And then there's P.M.,

so very strange.

teachers can throw knowledge at children; I'm trying to teach an adult and I already want

run for the hills and

concentrating on summoning fire once more: the power inside of me is

hands.

Magister Orion's voice cuts through my concentration. "Focus on gathering your magic inside of you until it's stable. Your

in exasperation. "Why didn't you tell me that earlier?

room. "How would I know if I didn't watch

like he's dragged me around for way

should I do?"

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