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Chapter One

“Yeah, I got here okay” I ran a hand throughmy cell phone between my shoulder and my ear “The portal was brutal as usual I’et out of Magic Blessed Academy for a while Breathe a little”

“That sounds exciting!” Eden chirped, and I bit back an airl

Sometimes I couldn’t believe the two of us had actually becoed in my life over the past few months

I looked around the short-tered to pick up in Southie for the winter break We had teeks off froly, the school admins actually allowed us to leave cao back to, and even though I didn’t, I’d taken the opportunity to go back home

Of course, I hadn’t fought ain ic Blessed—room and board were provided by the school—I was low on funds when it ca in the real world

So this place was all I’d been able to afford

It was… interesting I was pretty sure one of the stains on the floor was blood, and I half expected to find chalk outlines on the floor But it was cheap, and I needed cheap I couldn’t work or fight while I was going to school, not that I could fight out of school anymore either Nonetheless, I had to make my money stretch

“So you’re glad you went hoood time!”

“Yeah, it’s a real party over here” I laughed “But I gotta get unpacked I want to feel like I’m not destined to head back to that school when the break is over I just want to feel like I’ a normal life for a little while”

“Yeah I get that,” she said with pep “Callto swamp me with a onna need an excuse to take a break”

I sency text if you need me to intercept or intercede”

“Got it,” she replied “Talk to you soon Bye”