Chapter 0485

Jesse and Rafe blink and stare around, confused.

But Alvez claps his hands together, breaking the tension and ignoring Tony's question. "Let's move on. I'd like an update, please, regarding the status of your magic and if there has been any progress over the break. Davis, I'm assuming by your rather irritable protest regarding my teaching methods that you've had no progress on your abilities?"

"No, I've made no progress on my fully formed abilities, which I'd say is unsurprising," Tony says, dry. "What do you want me to do, take deeper breaths underwater?"

I laugh a little, unable to help it, and he shoots a smirk my way.

Alvez ignores it, turning to Jesse and Rafe, who report that they have not.

When the professor turns his eyes to me, I bite my lip a bit, torn about what to say. Alvez's eyes shine. "I'm sensing, Clark," he murmurs. "That you do have an update."

And then, even though I don't trust him, I decide to spill. Mostly because this is the only place we can really talk about magic as a group, where we can keep it a secret.

light stuff on fire," I say, giving a

sitting up straight

know?" I ask,

sputters, Jesse looking around him at me likewise shocked, "No! I didn't know! What are

guess I forgot to tell you," I say, grimacing a little. "I mean, Midwinter was really

can do, what I lit on fire, how I did it. But Alvez claps his hands together, again drawing attention back to him.

tell the story of accessing my magic, and concentrating on the wood in the fireplace, and drawing on my magic to

power fire?" Alvez asks, raising

of the morning experimenting with how fast I can melt chocolate and candy, licking both off our fingers courtesy of my magic. None of it burst into flames, though - it melted before it got to

tearing out a page, crumpling it up into a ball. "And would you mind providing

okay," I murmur, sitting up

your leisure, Cadet," Alvez says lazily, putting the crumpled paper on the desk and looking down at it. Almost as one, everyone else in the room leans forward to stare at it, almost

under the sudden pressure, but

Princess, he murmurs, proud. Don't let him shake your

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