I'd had enough. Everyone could take their secrets and backstabbing and shove them up their collective asses. Why had Aurelius given us a crooked mentor? And surely he knew Nicolette had a screw loose.
When I rounded the corner of the house, Nicolette and Estelle were still arguing, Nicolette obviously losing.
"So, you little b***h, you want to turn me over to Edius." I raised my hands and drove Estelle back with several fireballs that surprisingly hit their mark. She glared at me, in shock. I turned to Nicolette.
"Cassandra, no!" Oliver's voice, for the first time since I met him, sounded forceful. He grabbed my hand, and I turned on him, fire in my eyes, fire in my hands. "It's not her fault."
"Why?" I asked Nicolette.
"I'm sorry. I never wanted any of this. Edius came to Estelle las
