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I’m exhausted. Mentally and physically.
I’ve learned so much from Mavis, but what now? Make a home with her on this island? We couldn’t even share a room back home, so it’s probably not a great idea for both of us to squeeze into this little cave and pine after a mom who will never remember us. And, unlike Mavis, I couldn’t exactly visit her in dragon form every evening. I don’t think I could get away with that!
“I’m going back to the Academy,” I tell Mavis. “If I stay away much longer, I’ll be missed.”
“How did you get away?”
“Themis snuck me a key.”
“Don’t trust Themis,” she said, shifting once more into bossy big sister mode. “She’s all for the Academy. If it came down to protecting you or protecting the school, she’s Mount Olympus all the way.”
“You’re the second person to te
