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what was going to happen to me later, but for now I was content.
    I raised my hand above the cup and thought
about a calming, deep blue ocean and palm trees. A beach with no waves was a
perfect beach.
    I opened my eyes slowly, and underneath my
hand floated a clear ball. I kept the calm, watery thoughts in my mind. I
wanted to stare at it for as long as I could. I was doing it. The water ball
collapsed with a splash over the cup, wetting our legs.
    I repeated it again and again, each time
needing less and less concentration.
    I swept my eyes from the cup to the window;
there was no light now, unless I counted the light from the foggy light posts
outside. Mila let out a small squeal as a knock thundered on the door.
    I stood up, straightening my track suit and
tightening my ponytail.
    “I’ll be back soon.”
    “Ruby?” Mila mumbled.
    I turned to face her and she leapt at me,
pulling me into a tight embrace. Jeez, anyone would think she thought she’d
never see me again.
    I opened the door and met Eli’s face on the
other side. His full lips were pursed into a straight line and his beautiful
green eyes burnt into mine. He was wearing his guardian get-up, the big combat
boots, and the baggy black cargo pants that were tucked into his shoes. The
tight black t-shirt he was wearing was tucked into his pants, making it tight
around his upper body, leaving nothing to the imagination. I swooned over every
line of his muscle remembering last night, when he held it against me. I
dropped my eyes to the floor rapidly, trying to keep my composure. I needed to
act and believe it never happened. It was the only way to save our lives, if it
came to that point.
    “Let’s go, Ruby,” said Mr Aleksandrov, who
was also standing in the hallway.
    I stepped out into the corridor. The door
to my room creaked loudly as I closed it. I couldn’t help but imagine being
locked in a cell, big cast iron doors being slammed behind me as I rocked
myself helplessly in the corner. The thought must have stopped me in my tracks
because Eli and Mr Aleksandrov’s expressions reflected my worry.
    “It will be okay,” Mr Aleksandrov assured
me. “You’re a student of Sage Sanctum, my school. I won’t let any harm come to
you.”
    It meant a lot to hear Mr Aleksandrov say
that. I had thought he didn’t actually care.
    “Thank you,” I mumbled.
     
    Grass cracked and rustled under my feet. He
approached the border of the school. The ten foot stone wall surrounding the campus
had a small cast iron gate in the middle of it. Mr Aleksandrov pulled a long
stick from his robe, it was a wand. Mr Aleksandrov said he was a wizard, I
thought it meant he could do spells and charms. I had no idea he could wield a
wand. He whispered and flicked the wand slightly at the gate’s lock. The gate
creaked open. Despite my nerves, I smiled, amazed by the world I was involved
in. It was a dangerous and overwhelming world, but it was filled with so much
opportunity for adventure and beauty.
    “Where are we going?” I asked when the
three of us were on the other side of the gate.
    The trees were cloaked in shadows and they
creaked slightly above us. I wrapped my arms around myself, hoping it would
tone down the scariness of the bushes. It did help a little.
    The trees’ thick bases and low hanging
branches made me feel claustrophobic. All of these were scary, but the one
thing that made it absolutely frightening was the silence. The sounds of any
other living creatures were absent.
    “In the middle is a clearing, he has set up
camp there,” Mr Aleksandrov replied, pulling me from focusing on my fears of
the bush.
    “But that’s outside of the protection
charm.”
    “He didn’t want to share accommodation with
students or our faculty members. The higher power is a very strong man, capable
of fighting off a bunch of vampires without breaking a sweat,” Mr Aleksandrov
explained.
    “Have you ever met him?”
    “Yes. Once, and it’s not something I want
to