NovelEnglishChapter 0023
Chapter 0023
We sit at Dot's table for dinner. Damien Joins Sunny and another group at the next table. Sunny elvesa small
wave, which | return. | choose a carbonara-type dish with garlic bread and chocolate cake for dessert. Dot is
unusually quiet, she avoids eye contact withand | start to feel worried. Had | made that much of a fool of
myself in the assembly that she doesn’t want to be seen withanymore?
“Dot, is everything okay?” | ask nervously.
“Yes,” she answers a little too quickly.
“I'm sorry if 1...” | begin but she holds up her hand, stopping me. Then she taps her ear and glances around the
room. | frown at her and she repeats the motion.
says
“It’s fine Josie, if anyone deserves the last piece of chocolate cake today, it’s you. You are forgiven,” she
cheerfully. Huh? I look at my cake in confusion and then back to her. She rolls her eyes in exasperation and pulls
out her phone. Seconds later my phone buzzes in my pocket and I pull it out to read the notification.
‘Don’t talk here, everyone is listening and someone is reporting back to Deacon. I'm the one that should be
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtapologising. Can we talk later? Have Theo bring you to my room,‘ the message from Dot reads.
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| have a session with Professor June after dinner, but | could cafter that?‘ | respond.
‘See you then’ she quickly replies. | show the messages to Theo and Luke and they nod.
Our table is mostly quiet for the rest of dinner, everyone now aware that we are being listened to. | look over to
the unbonded table and notice Mason is still missing, that table is getting less crowded with every meal. First
Theo left it, then Mason and Luke, followed by the three that were suspended this morning. My eyes scan across
the remaining unbonded. | wonder if any of them will be sitting at our table by this ttomorrow. My eyes stop
on a copper-haired man, he’s the only one who's not staring at me. The guy next to him nudges him to get his
attention and then nods in my direction. The copper-haired man’s icy blue eyes meet mine before smiles shyly,
his cheeks instantly flushing red. Then he quickly returns lus focus to the last scraps of his food.
“That's Axel,” Theo leans in close toand whispers.
I notice Luke take out his pocket notebook and scribble something, closing it before | get a chance to see what
he wrote. “You can see it when I'm done,” he laughs, obviously catchingtrying to take a peek.
“Fine,” | huff in fake annoyance.
“We should get going,” Theo says, getting the attention of the rest of his team. We give them a moment to say
goodbye to their bonds and then we leave the hall, ready to heet Professor June after a thankfully uneventful
dinner.
To my surprise, June is an older lady who looks like she should have been enjoying her retirement for years.
already.
“Josie, it's wonderful to finally meet you,” She greetswith a warm smile.
“Thank you, it’s nice to meet you too, and thank you for agreeing to work without of the normal schedule. |
desperately need to gain scontrol,” | laugh nervously.
“Nonsense, Dear, you have good control for someone with your circumstances. I'm just here to help improve it,”
she praises.
“Where you at the assembly today?” | snort.
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was, and | was very impressed, hot only with your displ of power but with how long you managed to keep it
under control in a highly emotional situation and withouty prior training for as long as you did. | was also
Impressed with you two boys, you did exceptionally well a group, considering none of you have had bond
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmmanagement classes,” she smiles with pride looking at The and Luke too. “They did great, | was totally out of
control,” | admit, lowering my gaze to the floor, | don’t deserve a single ounce of lier praise.
“Stop doubting yourself,” she admonishes. “Do you know that we start teaching our children to practice control
techniques from the age of 5? That's 13 years of practice before we get our powers. You've had none. With the
power 1 felt radiating from you I'm surprised you didn’t tear down the whole academy. | don’t know what Deacon
was thinking, trying to emotionally trigger a power release from you like that. | can assure you that he and | have
had sstern words about it. Now enough about that, let get started. We are going to go through sself-
calming techniques followed by sgroup ones. Once you are fully bonded to all your bonds there are other
methods we can try but for now, we will start with the basics,”
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