put his hand over hers. “It wasn’t entirely your fault, Kim. We should’ve had a backup in place.” He paused. “Just go back to your dorm and rest. You need it, and please don’t blame yourself for this.”
Kim felt horrible about not being able to tell him the entire truth, about her purposely putting the wards down to train others, but she didn’t want to get anyone else in trouble.
She agreed to go rest and left his office.
Things didn’t go as well when Kayla walked in his office.
EIGHTEEN
Kayla
I didn’t answer the door when I first heard someone knocking.
“Kayla, it is Angela.”
I knew she wasn’t going to leave so after a while I finally got up and opened the door.
“What?!” I had been crying, so my voice was low and weak.
“Mr. Daniels wants to see you.”
I turned around and started to walk back toward my bed.
“Please, Kayla. Don’t make this more difficult than it should be. He just wants to talk. He can probably even give you an update on Hunter.”
“I don’t exactly want to know about Hunter.”
“What happened was not his fault, Kayla. I know it is difficult to understand but you should talk to him once he is out of the infirmary.”
‘Infirmary?’ I thought to myself, but didn’t say anything. I just followed her out of there.
When I walked into Mr. Daniels’ office, Kim had just left and he was now on the phone with one of the Academy’s nurses. I had no idea who or what they were talking about because all he kept saying was ‘uh-huh’, ‘okay’, ‘let me know if anything changes’…
Once he finally hung-up, he took a deep-breath and looked at me. I sat down and listened as he told me that fallen ones from the other Academy were coming to help on a more permanent level. He said that they knew about me and that one of them was going to be my new roommate. Before I could even open my mouth to complain, he stood up, fists clenching, and using a tone that startled me, “Kayla, they gave me no option and you don’t have one either!”
I felt like I couldn’t speak at first, but then I stood up, copying his posture and frustration for that matter, “Well, if you want me to accept this without giving you problems then tell me the truth. I want to know everything that happened, with you, Benjamin, and my… my mother.”
“Irene,” he said as if reading my mind. “Your mother’s name is Irene.”
I nodded.
We both sat back down.
“Very well. You might as well know…” He paused. “Who knows? It may help you protect yourself from Benjamin if you ever need to.”
He sighed.
“When I met your mother, she was already pregnant with Benjamin. She was 18 and naïve, which is not a good combination, especially when dealing with an incubus. She never stood a chance in getting away from his charm. I was sent to protect her from him as well as to protect Benjamin.
It wasn’t hard to get rid of the Demon. He started to spend more and more time away, probably…hmm… planting other seeds. Eventually, he stopped coming around all together, but I was sure he would come back when Benjamin was born.
Your mother was so depressed that I had no option but to get closer to her. She was in her second trimester when I appeared in human form and met her at her work.
I started out by helping her with simple things. Getting things fixed around her house. Just being there… someone to talk to and who would listen. I fell for her in no time. I fell for her and became a fallen because of it.
I wanted her to marry me, but she still had feelings for Benjamin’s father. I told her over and over that it didn’t matter to me. That I would marry her and take care of the child as if he were my own, but she always hesitated. One day I was just tired of waiting, tired of the same response. That was when I made my first mistake. I told her about him being an incubus. She freaked out.
Kim felt horrible about not being able to tell him the entire truth, about her purposely putting the wards down to train others, but she didn’t want to get anyone else in trouble.
She agreed to go rest and left his office.
Things didn’t go as well when Kayla walked in his office.
EIGHTEEN
Kayla
I didn’t answer the door when I first heard someone knocking.
“Kayla, it is Angela.”
I knew she wasn’t going to leave so after a while I finally got up and opened the door.
“What?!” I had been crying, so my voice was low and weak.
“Mr. Daniels wants to see you.”
I turned around and started to walk back toward my bed.
“Please, Kayla. Don’t make this more difficult than it should be. He just wants to talk. He can probably even give you an update on Hunter.”
“I don’t exactly want to know about Hunter.”
“What happened was not his fault, Kayla. I know it is difficult to understand but you should talk to him once he is out of the infirmary.”
‘Infirmary?’ I thought to myself, but didn’t say anything. I just followed her out of there.
When I walked into Mr. Daniels’ office, Kim had just left and he was now on the phone with one of the Academy’s nurses. I had no idea who or what they were talking about because all he kept saying was ‘uh-huh’, ‘okay’, ‘let me know if anything changes’…
Once he finally hung-up, he took a deep-breath and looked at me. I sat down and listened as he told me that fallen ones from the other Academy were coming to help on a more permanent level. He said that they knew about me and that one of them was going to be my new roommate. Before I could even open my mouth to complain, he stood up, fists clenching, and using a tone that startled me, “Kayla, they gave me no option and you don’t have one either!”
I felt like I couldn’t speak at first, but then I stood up, copying his posture and frustration for that matter, “Well, if you want me to accept this without giving you problems then tell me the truth. I want to know everything that happened, with you, Benjamin, and my… my mother.”
“Irene,” he said as if reading my mind. “Your mother’s name is Irene.”
I nodded.
We both sat back down.
“Very well. You might as well know…” He paused. “Who knows? It may help you protect yourself from Benjamin if you ever need to.”
He sighed.
“When I met your mother, she was already pregnant with Benjamin. She was 18 and naïve, which is not a good combination, especially when dealing with an incubus. She never stood a chance in getting away from his charm. I was sent to protect her from him as well as to protect Benjamin.
It wasn’t hard to get rid of the Demon. He started to spend more and more time away, probably…hmm… planting other seeds. Eventually, he stopped coming around all together, but I was sure he would come back when Benjamin was born.
Your mother was so depressed that I had no option but to get closer to her. She was in her second trimester when I appeared in human form and met her at her work.
I started out by helping her with simple things. Getting things fixed around her house. Just being there… someone to talk to and who would listen. I fell for her in no time. I fell for her and became a fallen because of it.
I wanted her to marry me, but she still had feelings for Benjamin’s father. I told her over and over that it didn’t matter to me. That I would marry her and take care of the child as if he were my own, but she always hesitated. One day I was just tired of waiting, tired of the same response. That was when I made my first mistake. I told her about him being an incubus. She freaked out.
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