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.

cut my trickle of magic as

It, too, disappears.

the end, I'm left

I mutter, cutting my magic and

in the Fae Ward," Magister Orion announces on the heels of my

"How do you

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 use digital clocks?" I ask, confused by the sleek, futuristic

Orion gives me an odd look.

numbers," I explain, gesturing

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always used clocks with numbers. What

clock to someone who's never seen one? They

circle? Why? Why do you

circle?"

hands-well, they're actually needles

the tip of his nose

1 nod.

tell time with

is either an hour, or five minutes. The big needle

have

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

"Human inventions can be so very strange. This technology of yours brings you backward." Giving up on the clock explanation, I just

just makes my head hurt. I have no idea how elementary teachers can throw knowledge at children; I'm trying

amazing they didn't all run for the

more: the power inside of me is

hands.

through my concentration. "Focus on gathering your magic inside of you until it's stable. Your control

snap open and I stare in exasperation. "Why didn't you tell me

room. "How would

he's dragged me around

should I do?"

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