The world was dark for a little. It was nice though, peaceful. I had no fear of being attacked by a savage. The silence
comforted me.
I was all ruined as I felt my eyes peel open to a bright white light.
I cringed away from it immediately. My eyes burned. I felt stiff and sore all over. Moving away from the light made the pain radiate across my body. Instead of screaming though all I could do was grunt.
“Ouch.”
It came out all gravely and low, Like someone had poured sand down my throat while I was asleep. I heard a low chuckle from my left. My right eye flew open.
Professor Lunerly was sitting in a chair next to the bed I was propped up in. His red robes were gone and replaced with a simple, collarless button down and a pair of dark trousers. A sliver of skin was visible between the edge of the trouser and the top of his black penny loafer where it rested on his opposite knee. Something about it made me shiver.
“Good morning. Lunerly mocked
“Good morning.” I choked out. “Is it really morning?”
“No,” Lunerly sat up straight. His shirt was unbuttoned precariously low and I wondered what I pulled him from “It’s about ten–thirty. You’ve been asleep for around eight hours.”
“Holy shit,” I breathed before trying to push myself to be fully sat up. I immediately cringed in pain and sunk back.
Professor Lunerly was on his feet in a second. His white–gold eyes were scanning all over me. “Careful,” he said gently. His hand went to my shoulder and I was immediately soothed. I heaved a high.
“God, I feel like I got hit by a bus,” I said.
“You looked like it,” Lunerly said “I did investigate but I could’ve figure out before that this was Mr. Moonraiser’s doing.”
I bit my bottom lip. I knew what was going to happen if I ratted out Kairos’s behavior. The target on my forehead was going to get even bigger. Before I could even speak, Lunerly’s phone went off.
“Excuse me,” he said as he fished it out of his pocket. He stared at it, blankly, for a moment then handed it to me. “I believe
this is for you
I knitted my eyebrows together and gently took the phone. I looked down and saw the letters “VL” on the caller ID. It was Victoria. I braced myself with a sigh before I hit the answer button and brought the phone to my ear
“Mother,”
