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.

fire," I say,

out, sitting up

didn't know?" I ask, turning to frown

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

I guess I forgot to tell you," I say, grimacing a little.

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

in the fireplace, and drawing on my magic to heat the wood to the point where it burst into flames. I'm quite careful to keep Jackson out of

is your power fire?" Alvez asks, raising an eyebrow

the question. "Heat, I suppose," I say eventually, remembering how Jackson, Seraphina and I spent the majority 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 a

says, reaching for a notebook on his desk and tearing out a page, crumpling it up into a ball.

I murmur, sitting up

crumpled paper on the desk and looking down at it. Almost as one,

a little under the sudden pressure, but I suddenly hear Jackson's voice in

murmurs, proud. Don't let

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