Midnight Truth (Shifter Island #4) - Leia Stone Page 0,11

pull any tricks.”

Her words registered, but all I could do was nod. Of course, Kian would be a high mage douche. After all, he’d been BFF’s with Declan when he was the alpha king.

Not that I cared where I slept. Besides, this way, I’d get to see Honor.

Reyna yawned, looking bleary-eyed and tired. “I’ll walk you over there, and then I’m gonna hit the hay.”

As I followed her back through the house and down the dark lacquered hallway to Gramps’ office, my mind raced ahead … to tomorrow, which made nervous energy crawl through my insides.

When we reached the door, she opened it, and Honor hopped off the sofa and ran to greet me.

‘All good?’ he asked.

I nodded, even though everything in me wanted to say no. ‘We can’t go back until tomorrow, but my name is in the scrolls, so I guess we’re all good.’

As Reyna turned to leave, I called, “Hey, Rey?”

She raised her eyebrows but didn’t protest the nickname, so I continued. “What’s in the initiation test?”

“I’ve never seen one,” she said with a shrug. “I’ve been with your grandfather almost ten years, but they don’t allow anyone to see the tests.”

“Oh.” My brow furrowed, but before I could ask my next question, Reyna spoke.

“His last shield…” She drew a line across her neck. “Probably from one of those old bags of evil. Which is why we’ve spent a lot of time in here.”

Wow. Sorry I asked.

“Anyway, goodnight, Nai.” She strode down the hall, chin held high and whistling like knowing evil mages were out to murder her and my grandfather didn’t bother her.

I slunk into the room. My entire body felt heavy, drained of energy. It was like all of the adrenaline that had carried me from one fight to the next had left the building, and now I just felt sore and exhausted.

‘Rage is going to kill me. Maybe you should go over and explain everything to him,’ I told Honor as I crashed onto the couch. The soft crushed velvet folded around me, and I yanked a blue knitted blanket draped over the back of the sofa until it fell over me. Oh, this couch was nice; it was so deep it was almost the size of a twin bed.

‘I can’t go back,’ Honor said. ‘The door won’t open for me.’

‘You already tried?’ I asked him, pushing up on my elbows.

He jumped up onto the couch and then curled up at my feet. ‘I was going to pop over and explain things to Rage. The door burned me. But even if I could, I wouldn’t leave you. This place seems sketchy. Rage would want me to stay with you.’

Honor was right, but I still felt bad.

‘Rage?’ I tried again, picturing him in my mind’s eye. How his upper lip curled into a smirk—and how his emerald eyes flashed with heat as he hovered over me.

The darkness and silence pressed against me, and when I felt sleep dragging me under, I sighed. ‘Please forgive me, Rage.’

I think I sent that thought to Honor, but I was too tired to care.

“Morning, sunshine,” Reyna said, jabbing me in the ribs. “You need to get up.”

I groaned, peeling one eye open as she withdrew her foot from where she’d prodded me.

Reyna was holding a steaming cup of coffee in her hands, and I sat up with a smile, reaching for the mug. There was my Harvest girl.

She jerked the mug back and held it close to her chest. “This is mine. Make your own.”

Ugh. Black sheep of the family. Clearly. “Your sister Kaja brought me coffee all the time.”

She snorted and waved her hand dismissively. “My sisters are weak.”

“Hey!” I snapped, ready to defend my bestie. “Your sisters are—"

“Lovable. Kind. Caring. I know. But they’re also weak sauce.” Sipping at her coffee, she glared at me over the rim.

“Why are you mad at me?” I huffed, pushing the afghan to the end of the couch while trying to detangle my legs.

“Because. I only had two hours of sleep—” she raised her eyebrows “—because of you. Kian and Snade had a pair of henchman sniffing around the spirit compound, probably trying to take you out before you could complete the initiation.”

My eyes widened.

Take me out.

“How do you know it was Kian … and Snade. Also, who is Snade?”

“Snade is the high mage of fire,” she said, sitting at the now empty space on the couch. “His cousin is Master Carn—from Alpha Academy.”

I scowled at the mention of my lame-ass

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