Soulceress (The Mythean Arcana 2) - Page 63

Still, she didn’t want to answer. “You don’t need any more help?”

“Nay, just wanted to get you to stay.”

She grinned, then scowled, and leaned against the table.

“Come on, why’d you leave America?”

She sighed. “There was nothing there for me anymore.”

“Does that have anything to do with the fact that you ran away from school?”

She put down her drink. “What is this? An interrogation?”

“Nay.” He leaned back against his table, sighing in frustration. “I just want to get to know you.”

Her heart thumped a bit harder. She was in for it now. Telling someone about herself, her past, was as foreign to her as the Arctic, but her mouth opened all the same. “Yeah, I ran away from school. I shouldn’t have been there—I’m not a witch. But someone dropped me off when I was a child. They didn’t know what else to do with me.”

“You doona know who it was?”

“No. I heard it was a man, though. Maybe my father.”

“Do you know what happened to him?”

“I was told he died shortly after. Some type of terrible curse, but they never explained who placed it on him.”

“I’m sorry.”

She shrugged. “I never knew him. I’m just happy he tried to put me in the best place, even if that place wasn’t so great.”

“What was it like to grow up a Mythean?”

“Pretty normal, I suppose.” She frowned at the memories. “Until I came into my power. I was a bit like Harry Potter, except I wasn’t a hero.”

“Well, that’s no’ so bad. Everyone likes Harry Potter.”

“You need to reread the series. Harry had a tough run for a while. But comparing myself to Harry Potter probably makes me a bit full of myself, especially since I never saved the day. I just ran away.”

“Why?”

She shrugged. “Being able to manifest my magic without practice and fueling it with the power of the other students didn’t make me homecoming queen. My friends and my boyfriend dropped me.” No amount of magic could make people care for you. And they’d been more than just friends. They’d been together since they were toddling around in diapers. They had been her family. Until they’d dropped her.

So she’d learned to be a hardass until it didn’t bother her anymore.

“Bastard. You couldn’t control your power collection?”

“No, never could. Still can’t. That’s one of the reasons I want to find Aurora. Maybe I can learn how. Then I can have a normal life.” She almost smacked herself. Why had she admitted that? Out loud, even. She’d resisted admitting it to herself. Admitting that she wanted more was to admit that she thought her life wasn’t all that. Forcing herself to think that everything was perfect almost worked.

If he was giving her a pitying look, she’d kill him.

When she glanced up, she saw that he’d turned back to the stove, as if he knew how much she’d hate him to see her like this.

“How about some lo mein? It’s done.” He scooped up three big bowls, put one on the floor, and brought the others to the table.

“Thanks.”

They ate in silence for the next few minutes, the Chairman’s joyful purrs as he scarfed down his bowl of lo mein the only sound punctuating the quiet. Thank gods he was magical or there’d be hell to pay after a meal like that.

The weight of all she’d revealed began to bear down upon her. Had she said too much? Probably. Sharing felt weird and reminded her that things between them were weird.

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