Elemental Shining (Paranormal Public Series) by Maddy Edwards Read Free Book Online

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    “You think Public is safe?” Sip asked, raising her eyebrows. “What gave it away? All those demon attacks?”
    “The safest place for paranormals is where the Power of Five is active,” said Lisabelle confidently. “There’s only one place left like that.”
    None of us said anything at first. Lisabelle was right, but I couldn’t help but hate it.
    “That might be true, but it also puts everyone here in danger,” I said, after a moment of thought. “The demons wouldn’t have been attacking Public in the first place if I hadn’t been here. If I were somewhere else, everyone at Public would be safe.”
    “Don’t be silly,” said Lisabelle. “You put us in danger, but you also give us hope. We have to protect you and we want to.”
    “I bet Camilla doesn’t want to,” I said grimly.
    “Camilla is an idiot,” said Lisabelle. “She couldn’t find a book in a library.”
    “‘Pixies are wonderful’ is something no werewolf said, ever,” Sip muttered.
    We reached the house that the deans were using for their Deans’ Den. I paused outside, relieved that they weren’t using the same building that the President had inhabited. I didn’t want to look at the pond near the President’s small brown house, the same pond where my mom had appeared, at least not today, when so much had already happened.
    “It will be weird to see Lealand, I mean Oliva,” I said, looking up at the twinkling lights of the house. They were clearly waiting for me inside, and I had to stop stalling.
    “Traitor that he is,” said Lisabelle. “Seriously, I hate liars.”
    “You’re just mad that he’s better at it than you,” said Sip. “Just be nice,” she said to me. “I’m sure he wanted to tell you.”
    “He’s been working with my aunt all summer,” said Keller. “Spending the summer with them was something I won’t forget for a long time.”
    “Are you going to come in with me?” I asked my friends, already knowing the answer.
    “They said we couldn’t come with you.”
    “How did they know you’d be with me?”
    “Because we always are.”
    “I was so mad. Like, there were a solid seven minutes where I couldn't get over it," said Sip, crossing her arms over her chest. “We’ll wait here for you. Don’t let them bully you.”
    “Yeah, you should have had plenty of practice dealing with bullies,” said Keller, his bright eyes trained on Lisabelle. She grinned wolfishly at him.
    “Will you be here when I get done?” I asked. I didn’t want to walk to our new dining hall by myself.
    “Of course,” said Sip.
    “Just don’t take too long,” said Lisabelle. “I’m hungry. And you know how I get when no one has fed me.”
    “Much like you are the rest of the time, I expect,” said Sip.
    Walking into a house that I hadn’t walked into before felt like starting over. I was greeted by a hallway with a floor of old, creaking wood. Right inside the door was a mat, and to my left was a crackling fire.
    “Come on up, Charlotte,” called Oliva’s voice from the stairs in front of me. Carefully I placed my hand on the banister. The upstairs landing was only dimly illuminated, creating dark shadows that covered the corners around the door. I crept up the stairs, for some reason trying to be quiet, even though they knew I was coming and it wasn’t as if I was sneaking up on anything evil.
    I tapped on the closed door and waited for an answer. My knuckles had barely separated from the wood when Professor Erikson’s impatient voice rang out, “Yes, yes. Hurry up.”
    I sighed. Somehow that broke me out of my trance of fear and put me right into irritation. I guess we were going to start where we had left off last semester, with Professor Erikson not liking me one bit. She would probably like me a lot more if it hadn’t been for Keller. Too bad.
    I opened the door into a large room. It wasn’t cozy-looking like the downstairs, it reminded me more of massive conference rooms I had seen