the steps.
“Who was that?” Keira asked.
“Simone’s Family representative,” Justin said with an equally dismissive shrug.
“Oh,” Keira said. It seems as if everyone she’d met up to now had family arriving at the castle. “Do you know if any Wilde members are coming, besides Aunt Vic?”
“No, this meeting is only for Council members. Each family has only one representative on Council and Aunt Victoria is there for the Wildes,” Justin answered.
“Are there any Wildes in the Draaken?” Keira asked. She knew nothing about her own family, aside from the information Aunt Vic had given her, and that really only told her that they’d been around for a long time and some of them were magickal. She didn’t know who or how many were involved with the Guardians. It could be anyone, even cousin Gisele and her Cambridge fiancé.
“Not in the Draaken, but there are quite a few who are active Guardians. General members of the Guardians have all kinds of abilities. They help with weather stuff, healing people and animals, finding lost things,” Justin answered her question. “I would have liked to be able to do that, I lose stuff all the time.”
“Me too!” Amber laughed.
“There have been Wildes who were Draaken members, in the past. The history books are in the library, you can read all about it.”
Keira nodded. Bloody hell, I’ve got so much to learn. Which is probably the understatement of the year.
Her worry must have reflected on her face because Amber smiled and squeezed her hand. “It’s okay, Keira. We’ll teach you. There are a lot of people, and other things, out there who want to get to the Akasha. It is important that you know everything.”
Keira looked down to the girl’s solemn face. Other things?
“Here we are,” Justin said as they stopped in front of a small, squat stone building.
“This is it?” Keira asked, confused. “It is so small.” The unassuming structure was hardly one storey high and didn’t seem big enough to hold one of the black limousines, let alone a school.
Amber merely giggled behind her hands. Her eyes sparkled with excitement as Justin rapped a coded knock on the door. They waited for a moment, then the door silently swung open.
“Come,” Justin beckoned as he and Amber disappeared into the darkness beyond.
Keira followed cautiously; a staircase wound its way down and she could hear the children’s voices disappearing below her.
Curiouser and curiouser….
Two-hundred stairs and she stopped counting, winding her way further down in silence. She glanced at the small globes spaced at intervals against the curving wall, casting just enough light so she could see her feet. She wouldn’t want to be here when those all went out. Keira shrugged off the thought of pitch-dark, cold and slimy tunnels as she reached the end of the stairwell. A narrow passage ran straight ahead for a bit, then turned sharply left.
Suddenly, she heard yells and what sounded like crashes and the impact of something heavy falling.
“Justin! Amber!” she called in alarm, sprinted down the passage and turned the corner towards the noise.
“Here, Keira! Come sit with us,” Amber waved from where she sat next to Chloe.
“Hi,” Chloe greeted with a smile and patted the bench next to her.
“Hallo,” Keira said, out of breath. “Is everyone okay?”
“Yes, silly. Come watch the show!” Amber said, bouncing up and down in her seat.
Keira looked around. She had an elevated view into a large, rectangular room, measuring about forty by thirty feet and with twenty foot high walls on three sides. The front wall seemed to be made of transparent safety glass, through which she could see two men circling each other.
It was Marco and Rafael, both shirtless and seemingly intent on killing each other.
“What are they doing?” Keira gasped.
“Training,” Chloe replied. “The castle is shielded, so when we use our magick in here, it doesn’t ripple out into the Akasha.
“Who was that?” Keira asked.
“Simone’s Family representative,” Justin said with an equally dismissive shrug.
“Oh,” Keira said. It seems as if everyone she’d met up to now had family arriving at the castle. “Do you know if any Wilde members are coming, besides Aunt Vic?”
“No, this meeting is only for Council members. Each family has only one representative on Council and Aunt Victoria is there for the Wildes,” Justin answered.
“Are there any Wildes in the Draaken?” Keira asked. She knew nothing about her own family, aside from the information Aunt Vic had given her, and that really only told her that they’d been around for a long time and some of them were magickal. She didn’t know who or how many were involved with the Guardians. It could be anyone, even cousin Gisele and her Cambridge fiancé.
“Not in the Draaken, but there are quite a few who are active Guardians. General members of the Guardians have all kinds of abilities. They help with weather stuff, healing people and animals, finding lost things,” Justin answered her question. “I would have liked to be able to do that, I lose stuff all the time.”
“Me too!” Amber laughed.
“There have been Wildes who were Draaken members, in the past. The history books are in the library, you can read all about it.”
Keira nodded. Bloody hell, I’ve got so much to learn. Which is probably the understatement of the year.
Her worry must have reflected on her face because Amber smiled and squeezed her hand. “It’s okay, Keira. We’ll teach you. There are a lot of people, and other things, out there who want to get to the Akasha. It is important that you know everything.”
Keira looked down to the girl’s solemn face. Other things?
“Here we are,” Justin said as they stopped in front of a small, squat stone building.
“This is it?” Keira asked, confused. “It is so small.” The unassuming structure was hardly one storey high and didn’t seem big enough to hold one of the black limousines, let alone a school.
Amber merely giggled behind her hands. Her eyes sparkled with excitement as Justin rapped a coded knock on the door. They waited for a moment, then the door silently swung open.
“Come,” Justin beckoned as he and Amber disappeared into the darkness beyond.
Keira followed cautiously; a staircase wound its way down and she could hear the children’s voices disappearing below her.
Curiouser and curiouser….
Two-hundred stairs and she stopped counting, winding her way further down in silence. She glanced at the small globes spaced at intervals against the curving wall, casting just enough light so she could see her feet. She wouldn’t want to be here when those all went out. Keira shrugged off the thought of pitch-dark, cold and slimy tunnels as she reached the end of the stairwell. A narrow passage ran straight ahead for a bit, then turned sharply left.
Suddenly, she heard yells and what sounded like crashes and the impact of something heavy falling.
“Justin! Amber!” she called in alarm, sprinted down the passage and turned the corner towards the noise.
“Here, Keira! Come sit with us,” Amber waved from where she sat next to Chloe.
“Hi,” Chloe greeted with a smile and patted the bench next to her.
“Hallo,” Keira said, out of breath. “Is everyone okay?”
“Yes, silly. Come watch the show!” Amber said, bouncing up and down in her seat.
Keira looked around. She had an elevated view into a large, rectangular room, measuring about forty by thirty feet and with twenty foot high walls on three sides. The front wall seemed to be made of transparent safety glass, through which she could see two men circling each other.
It was Marco and Rafael, both shirtless and seemingly intent on killing each other.
“What are they doing?” Keira gasped.
“Training,” Chloe replied. “The castle is shielded, so when we use our magick in here, it doesn’t ripple out into the Akasha.
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