Chapter 0946

Midnight stares between Jesse and I with a frown. “What?” she asks. “What’s surprising about this?”

“You’d really come and take care of Marigold?” I whisper, shocked and a little thrilled. I mean, I never even thought about hiring a nanny – but then again, I haven’t thought about much of anything at all in the past few minutes besides how mad I am at my dad –

“Wait, you’re enrolling in Alpha Academy!?” Jesse asks, a bit awed.

“Well, if Ariel can do it, I can too,” Midnight says, casting out a hand towards me. “After all, I am much tougher and more powerful than she!”

“Oh, try me, Mids,” I say, dry, grinning as I unfurl my hand, a blue flame flicking to life there.

Midnight grins wickedly as shadows shoot out from her, leaping for the flame in my hand. I gasp at first when the shadows hit my flame, feeling it like a true impact, but then I grin when I see the two forces grappling with each other. I laugh, putting a bit more power in it, and my flames gobble up her shadow.