It took a few days for my mates to stop looking at me like my head was going to explode and asking me if I was okay. Of course, I was okay, in fact, I was better than okay. After my little demonstration of power, Asloxorth would be stupid to send his people back to try and take the institute.
The whole institute felt like a thriving community now, instead of the hiding place of despair that it had become. Everyone was happy and relaxed except my mates and Clarisa. Slowly but surely though, they had started to ebb back to normality, which was good because I was starting to get pissed off with them. This new found power and strength were gifts, not yet another thing for them to over analyse and fret over.
Another thing to be happy about was the fact that today was the first day since I c
