energy still carrying anger.
“I’m leaving the Academy now to carry out everything I’ve been planning. It should take a week, so don’t make any portals before then…or I’ll come back for you.”
An inner voice was already calling her stupid for this decision, telling her she would regret this.
I might, but not as much as I would regret killing him.
“Tell Annah I’m sorry I made it seem like she was lying about her loyalty. I needed her out of the house so I didn’t have to constantly manipulate my own energy to keep her from reading my emotions.”
He raised one eyebrow and grunted. It seemed like an agreement.
Someone tapped on the window. “Basen?” It was Reela. “I can tell you’re awake. Is everything alright?”
Shit.
He began to shout through the gag.
“Basen?” Reela questioned again.
Sanya came at Basen’s chest with her dagger but changed her mind at the last moment, stabbing down into the meat of his leg instead.
“Shut up!” she whispered.
But stabbing him without killing him turned out to be a mistake, as he now hollered in pain through the gag. His bastial energy became too much to handle.
“Cleve, something’s wrong!” Reela screamed.
Her heart racing, Sanya took a breath to figure out exactly where everyone was by reading their energy. Cleve had joined Reela by the window, while Annah had awoken and was rushing toward Basen’s room.
Sanya moved behind the door and cloaked her presence with psyche. Basen squirmed toward her, but there was nothing he could do before Annah entered in a manic state. Sanya pounced on her and cupped her hand over the smaller woman’s mouth.
“Make a sound and you die. Stay quiet, and everyone lives.” Sanya held the dagger in front of Annah’s eyes. “I’m just trying to leave the Academy. Don’t make me kill anyone by trying to stop me.”
Annah froze in place.
This was all such a mistake. She should’ve just killed Basen quietly when she had the chance.
No, this is right.
“Everything’s fine, Reela,” Sanya called out. She used psyche to ease Basen’s pain as she quickly cut away the shirt gagging him. “Tell her.” Sanya threatened Basen with the dagger, her knees still on top of Annah, who was cooperating nicely.
“It’s fine,” Basen yelled while Sanya twisted his energy to make it seem as if he was telling the truth. “We’re naked, so don’t come in.”
“Oh,” Reela exclaimed, then paused for a moment. “You really should be resting.”
“Let them be,” Cleve murmured.
“Annah, shut the door!” Sanya cried out loud enough for Reela and Cleve to hear. Then she gritted her teeth and told Annah quietly, “Say you’re sorry loud enough for them to hear.”
“Sorry!”
“Now don’t move,” Sanya whispered as she stretched her arm behind her and pushed the door shut. If Reela was using psyche to detect where everyone was, she would think Annah was lingering in the hall, as it was impossible for Reela to know exactly where the door was.
“Don’t speak or do anything,” Basen whispered to Annah, both of them lying on their backs on the wooden floor. “She chose to spare my life. Just let her go and she’ll let us live.”
Annah seemed too frightened to reply, her breaths sharp and fast. Finally, she managed to ask, “Why, Sanya? Why do all this?”
“Basen will tell you after I—god’s mercy!” She’d just noticed how much blood he’d lost; she’d stabbed his leg deeper than she’d intended.
He sat up to glance at it and turned pale. “Look what you did, Sanya!”
“You mean what you made me do!” She grabbed his cheeks with both hands, digging in her nails until she saw blood.
“ There’s the old Sanya I know!” he spat out angrily.
God’s mercy, I’m losing control. She didn’t have time for more plotting. They needed to get Basen to the medical building if he was going to live. She grabbed the last of his bedding, stood Annah up, and hurried to tie her hands behind
“I’m leaving the Academy now to carry out everything I’ve been planning. It should take a week, so don’t make any portals before then…or I’ll come back for you.”
An inner voice was already calling her stupid for this decision, telling her she would regret this.
I might, but not as much as I would regret killing him.
“Tell Annah I’m sorry I made it seem like she was lying about her loyalty. I needed her out of the house so I didn’t have to constantly manipulate my own energy to keep her from reading my emotions.”
He raised one eyebrow and grunted. It seemed like an agreement.
Someone tapped on the window. “Basen?” It was Reela. “I can tell you’re awake. Is everything alright?”
Shit.
He began to shout through the gag.
“Basen?” Reela questioned again.
Sanya came at Basen’s chest with her dagger but changed her mind at the last moment, stabbing down into the meat of his leg instead.
“Shut up!” she whispered.
But stabbing him without killing him turned out to be a mistake, as he now hollered in pain through the gag. His bastial energy became too much to handle.
“Cleve, something’s wrong!” Reela screamed.
Her heart racing, Sanya took a breath to figure out exactly where everyone was by reading their energy. Cleve had joined Reela by the window, while Annah had awoken and was rushing toward Basen’s room.
Sanya moved behind the door and cloaked her presence with psyche. Basen squirmed toward her, but there was nothing he could do before Annah entered in a manic state. Sanya pounced on her and cupped her hand over the smaller woman’s mouth.
“Make a sound and you die. Stay quiet, and everyone lives.” Sanya held the dagger in front of Annah’s eyes. “I’m just trying to leave the Academy. Don’t make me kill anyone by trying to stop me.”
Annah froze in place.
This was all such a mistake. She should’ve just killed Basen quietly when she had the chance.
No, this is right.
“Everything’s fine, Reela,” Sanya called out. She used psyche to ease Basen’s pain as she quickly cut away the shirt gagging him. “Tell her.” Sanya threatened Basen with the dagger, her knees still on top of Annah, who was cooperating nicely.
“It’s fine,” Basen yelled while Sanya twisted his energy to make it seem as if he was telling the truth. “We’re naked, so don’t come in.”
“Oh,” Reela exclaimed, then paused for a moment. “You really should be resting.”
“Let them be,” Cleve murmured.
“Annah, shut the door!” Sanya cried out loud enough for Reela and Cleve to hear. Then she gritted her teeth and told Annah quietly, “Say you’re sorry loud enough for them to hear.”
“Sorry!”
“Now don’t move,” Sanya whispered as she stretched her arm behind her and pushed the door shut. If Reela was using psyche to detect where everyone was, she would think Annah was lingering in the hall, as it was impossible for Reela to know exactly where the door was.
“Don’t speak or do anything,” Basen whispered to Annah, both of them lying on their backs on the wooden floor. “She chose to spare my life. Just let her go and she’ll let us live.”
Annah seemed too frightened to reply, her breaths sharp and fast. Finally, she managed to ask, “Why, Sanya? Why do all this?”
“Basen will tell you after I—god’s mercy!” She’d just noticed how much blood he’d lost; she’d stabbed his leg deeper than she’d intended.
He sat up to glance at it and turned pale. “Look what you did, Sanya!”
“You mean what you made me do!” She grabbed his cheeks with both hands, digging in her nails until she saw blood.
“ There’s the old Sanya I know!” he spat out angrily.
God’s mercy, I’m losing control. She didn’t have time for more plotting. They needed to get Basen to the medical building if he was going to live. She grabbed the last of his bedding, stood Annah up, and hurried to tie her hands behind
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