by S. L. Morgan
Vannah instantly starting chanting, Ethan’s eyes went white, and I felt a cold breeze blast over my face. After that, green, magenta, and purple energy were like swirls in the room, surrounding Dominic and me.
Dom held me close, and I absorbed that sense of completion his energy gave me. Our wolves appeared to both be silent and still, knowing we were being shielded by good magic. We needed this, the school needed this, and I had to hope it would work.
“Done,” Vannah said. “Your energy isn’t even recognizable.”
Ethan released her hand and smiled at Dominic and me. “You both have a great amount of power. It is hidden. You cannot use your power, or you will breach the shield cloaking it. You must get through without it.”
“What does that mean, E?” I asked. “We have to stay away from each other?”
“No,” he said as he shook his head. “You can’t use any supernatural power that is new to you. Dominic will give you his power unknowingly because your wolves have bonded. You will sense his strength, don’t draw on it. Ignore it.”
“This is such BS,” Dom said. “And me?”
“You feel her power too. Don’t draw on it. It is simple, you both were strong enough before your phenomenon took place.”
“True,” I slid my hand onto Dom’s lower back, bringing my man even closer. “We managed before without this awesome wolf power thing. We can do this.”
“What if we screw it up?” Dom asked. “My memories are hit and miss with what happened at Dark Water, but I do remember that when this hit us at first, it was hard and fast. If we gave into those emotions at the time, we would’ve let the merge happen between the wolves.”
“You are too young to mate, Dominic Rossi,” Ethan scolded him, and even though I was back to wondering what the heck happened between us at Dark Water, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Vannah giggled. “They say abstinence is the way to go, you know. Besides, I’m not sure this college is okay with their students sneaking off and—”
“I’m serious,” Dominic said, “Our souls were practically driving us to merge the wolves and unite ourselves, not giving a crap that we were too young for all of that. Jenna is my life—my other half—it is difficult not to follow through with what my soul is calling me to do.”
“You both are strong. You need to help Jenna,” Ethan said. “She will need your help as she fights the darkness in her.”
“I have that thing locked up,” I said, irritated that Ethan was implying that the mental cage I had that thing locked away in could break and the darkness could come after me again. “How do we just get it out of me?”
“There is no one who has that ability at this school.” Ethan said. “A Woodson witch like Sahvannah may be able to do it, but it will take a lot of spell magic and research for her to do this for you. Right now, she’s too young. The spell magic will take her life.”
“We don’t want that.” Dom said. “I’ll help my girl. We’ll fix this. For now, let’s finish this school year and get on our virtual summer break.”
“Well, you’re quick to make this all easy,” I teased Dominic.
He draped an arm around me and kissed my temple. “It’s all we can do. As long as whatever evil that is lurking in this school is waiting for us to spark its interest again, I say we go back to normal. This time, I’ll have my memories and my girl.”
“We all still need to be cautious,” Ethan said. “I sense no evil, only what Jenna has contained. The school is safe. The staff is normal again, and we must return to normal with them.”
“Normal? Normal sounds amazing! I’m all about doing that and finishing this year out,” I said.
“Come on, babe,” Dominic said while encouraging me to get up. “You feeling okay?”
“Oddly enough, like nothing ever happened.”
“Alright guys, let’s get this all settled, finish the year out, then summer break will be our reward.”
“The blue waters.” Ethan smiled. “The trees with large leaves.”
Dom laughed. “Yes, buddy, I’m taking you to a virtual ocean. You deserve it.”
“A virtual ocean?” I asked.
“Yes,” Dom smiled, and his eyes soothed my soul right then and there. “Care to lay out under a warm sun, in velvety soft sand, listening to relaxing sounds of waves while you relax next to me?”
“Can we go there now?” I said with a laugh.
Dom’s lips were at my ear, “Trust me, if we can’t complete the bond that you will soon feel is so powerful, you’re going to want time to prep for our summer break I’m planning.”
His voice was husky, and his eyes swirling with an energy that made my entire body tingly for more than just a kiss right now.
Dom laughed, “Yes. That feeling you’re getting right now? It’s the same one that had us not giving a crap about gossip or talk, it’s you feeling what needs to be done between you and me. And it’s not just simply mating,” he brushed a finger over my nose, “it’s much more intense than that.”
“Wow, this really is going to be hard,” I said with a smile.
Dom smirked, “Seeing you in a bathing suit on the beach may just screw the entire school again. I won’t be able to resist you.”
I rolled my eyes, “I’m wearing regular clothes.”
Dom surprisingly picked me up, and I locked my legs around his waist, staring down into his eyes. “God, you’re beautiful,” I admitted to him.
He licked his lips. “I love you, Jenna Silvers, don’t you ever forget that. It’s you and me, babe. Forever.”
“That’s if we all survive the next two and a half years,” Vannah said, obviously judging Dom and me who were about to kiss, clearly not caring what anyone thought about this moment we were having.
“Thank you for cloaking us,” Dominic said to Vannah before he looked at Ethan. “Thank you, bud, we won’t ruin what you both did to help us.”
“And the school,” Ethan added to the gratitude pouring out of Dom.
Dom chuckled and brought his eyes back to mine. “And the school,” he said in a lower voice. “Let’s get the rest of this year over with, I want some time alone with my girl. We need some fun time anyway.”
“Agreed,” I said.
I framed his face with my hands and brought my lips down onto his. We both groaned in satisfaction of this connection. The deeper and the more passionate Dom made this kiss, the more I worried we were going to blow it and just finish off this nagging bond that was pressing us to mate.
For now, it had to be narrowed down to these kisses, but I knew deep inside that Dom and I were going to want to take this all further, but for the sake of everyone around us, we needed to control ourselves.
We could do it. I think.
I was going to set my mind on other goals. Finishing this school year out with my friends back, my man at my side, and sweet Ethan watching over all of us was priority number one. Priority number two? Getting on the all too awesome, virtual reality vacation that Dom was already planning for our summer break. I’d never done the virtual reality stuff, but from what I was told, it was freaking awesome. We could pick any place, and it was like we were there and really living it. Even though it was all virtual, you supposedly couldn’t tell the difference.
If Dom thought seeing me in a swimsuit would make it hard on him, heaven help us all while I laid out under the warm sun with this dude shirtless and in swim trunks by my side the entire time.
Good God, we better not blow this over lustful crap—we were stronger than this.
We were practically halfway through the year, the school’s darkness was cleaned up, and I had my other half consuming me in a kiss. It was all so very worth it, every last bit of horror I’d experienced my first year at Immortal Academy. I survived it, and I was going to survive the next two years.
Afterword
The journey continues late summer or earlier at Immortal Academy.
Click here to preorder and enroll for your second year with Jenn
a and the gang at Immortal Academy. Plus, a nice virtual summer vacation awaits in Immortal Academy: Year Two.
While waiting, if you’d like to check out the prequel of Jenna at Dark Water Academy, you’ll learn a little about what Dominic just revealed to her before the unexpected happened.
Thank you for taking the time to download and read Immortal Academy: Year One. I had a blast writing this book and am counting down the days to get you all back with these characters as they finish out the first year (if they finish out the first year ;-D) and go through their second and third years at the school.
Hang in there with me, there are a lot of distractions at Immortal Academy and my little owl, Ethan, is only giving me these stories little at a time. He’s my sweetheart, but he needs to understand we don’t like cliffhangers and we just want the next book. He’s definitely a wise owl shifter…maybe he’s got a reason he’s revealing these stories to me one month at a time.
Again, thank you for taking the time to read. A review is always appreciated and is the biggest thanks an author can receive.
Also, a debt of gratitude to all of you who shared in my excitement of releasing this new series. I haven’t been this excited about hanging out with characters since Levi, Reece, and Harrison in my Ancient Guardians novel series.
My love and best to all of you.
Stacy “S.L.” Morgan.
About the Author
S.L. Morgan is the USA Today Bestselling & Award winning author of the Ancient Guardians novel series.
Being a storyteller at heart, Morgan loves creating worlds, characters, and tales that will bring readers into a escape unlike any other.
Morgan is the author of:
The Ancient Guardians Series (A four book completed novel series)
The Dragons Curse Series (Completed Trilogy Series
The Rift (Unfinished co-authored series with Ella Avery)
The Guardians Novella Series
The Immortal Academy Series
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Also by S.L. Morgan
The Ancient Guardians Novel Series:
A novel series that is praised for the enchanting realms and other world romance that serves as an escape read. This series has been praised by avid Harry Potter fans, and compared to Outlander. Readers are addicted to the characters, their lives, and have difficulty stepping out of the book and back into reality.
The Ancient Guardians Series is a completed series:
1. Legacy of the Key
2. The Uninvited
3. The Awakening
4. The Reckoning
Special Christmas light holiday read: A Christmas at Pasidian Palace
The Dragon’s Curse Series:
Dragon’s curse can be read as a stand-alone series, but is in the same universe as the Ancient Guardians series. It, as well, is praised for its unique world building.
1. Cursed
2. Marked
3. Dragon’s Fire
The Rift:
(Currently only one book is available. This first book follows the good and evil angels in their battles for one human’s life. It takes readers into the rift, where they follow the main character as she navigates through a new world, wondering if modern day was the dream-world, not this mystical enchanting realm with a new family she never wants to leave.
The Guardians:
This is a spin-off prequel to the Ancient Guardians series. Due to fans wanting to learn more about Levi and Harrison, and their love for these two characters. This prequel series began. It starts with Twin Paradox: Levi and Harrison’s first assignment as human guardians.
The Immortal Academy Series:
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
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