By
Everly Taylor & Melody Calder
Contents
Title Page
Copyright © 2020 Melody Calder & Everly Taylor
Dedication
Chapter 1 - Una
Chapter 2 - Una
Chapter 3 - Una
Chapter 4 - Una
Chapter 5 - Una
Chapter 6 - Una
Chapter 7 - Una
Chapter 8 - Jet
Chapter 9 - Beck
Chapter 10 - Una
Chapter 11 - Adar
Chapter 12 - Una
Chapter 13 – Eva
Chapter 14 – Una
Chapter 15- Una
Chapter 16 - Adar
Chapter 17 - Una
Chapter 18 - Una
Chapter 19 - Eva
Chapter 20 - Una
Chapter 21 - Jet
Chapter 22- Adar
Chapter 23- Una
Chapter 24- Beck
Chapter 25 - Una
Chapter 26 - Adar
Chapter 27- Una
Chapter 28 - Una
Chapter 29 – Una
Chapter 30 – Jet
Chapter 31 – Una
Chapter 32 – Una
Chapter 33 - Una
Chapter 34 – Una
Special Announcements
Everly Taylor
Melody Calder
Acknowledgements
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Dedication
To find the pearls in life’s ocean, you have to venture out far past the shore
Chapter 1 - Una
My heart soared as I watched my best friend escape, her promise to come back for me still ringing in my ears. At the same time, while I was happy for her, my heart was broken. Not because I was stuck in this hellhole, but because that sorceress wiggled her way into my heart so quickly. I knew Evangeline had to leave as she was the one Headmaster Frost was determined to destroy, to take her power and leave her for dead, but damned if I wouldn’t worry about her. It was no wonder she had all those guys wrapped around her finger so easily.
My tears fell silently, their salt water content keeping them from freezing to the ice as they trickled down to the floor. Jet hit at the ice that had captured me, his frustrated yells the most I’ve ever heard from my usually quiet lover. His hands bled as he scraped and clawed trying to pull me free to no avail. This ice was magical, I doubted there was little that could actually break through it.
Just across from me, the headmaster’s own ice-encased body glowed as he used whatever power was at his disposal to try to melt the ice. The water started to pool around the base of his feet as he tried to escape the prison Eva left him in, and panic rose in me.
“Jet,” I said urgently, pushing away my own grief. He didn’t listen though as he frantically beat against the ice, so I yelled his name again and again until he finally looked at me, his eyes wide with fear.
“Jet, you have to go. Frost is going to get out of that soon, and you can't be here when he does.”
“I won’t leave you, Una. I can’t,” he insisted, the pain evident in his voice. “I can keep trying. I have to keep trying.” I could see his helpless expression and it took everything in me not to sob again. I had to stay strong. I needed to convince him to go before it was too late.
“No, Jet. You can only protect me if you’re on the outside. He doesn’t know you had anything to do with this. We both know I’m headed to questioning, and probably solitary. Don’t worry, I’ll be out and back to driving you crazy before you know it.”
I was still encased in ice, only my head free, and I wanted nothing more than to wrap my arms around Jet; kiss him with all of the emotion running through me. Instead, he stepped forward and gripped the sides of my head, taking my mouth in one searing kiss that set my body on fire despite being frozen in an ice cube. “I love you, Una. Please be safe and come back to me in one piece.”
I stared at him slack jawed, “You waited until I couldn’t get the D before telling me you love me?” I laughed so that I wouldn’t lose my shit and cry again. “Fucking great timing.” I laughed again, a little more teary this time. Once more, I pushed back my feelings. I couldn’t give in. Not yet. “I love you too, Jet. Now get your fine ass out of here before the icehole wakes up.”
He gave me one last kiss as he promised to find a way to get me out; find a way for us to escape as Eva had. “She’s coming back for us. We just have to be prepared for when she does,” I assured him. I felt it in my soul that she would come back. She wasn’t like the others that had hurt me in the past. The ones that were responsible for my being here in the first place. No, Eva was a good soul, strong not only in her powers, but with her loyalty. She would fight the headmaster again, and when she did, we would be ready this time to make sure she won.
Jet backed away, watching me until he had to go around a corner. He raised his hand and blew me one last kiss before he walked out of sight. I let out a sigh of relief knowing that at least he would be safe. I glanced at the asshole headmaster and saw he was only a thin layer from being free. I pushed away my grief and readied myself to go toe to toe with Jack Frost.
The last thin layer of ice cracked around him and I let out a chortle. It reminded me of a baby sea turtle coming out of its shell. It was an amazing sight to watch the turtles be born, one I had witnessed so many times in my life before being thrown in here. I loved the way they would flop around a bit before making their way to the sea that called to them as it did me. Jack flopped around just like the sea turtles when they first emerged and again I let out a chuckle.
The headmaster spread his arms wide, stretching, hatred and anger radiating from him as his eyes locked on mine and I saw the crazy beneath that polished exterior. He was no longer anything like a baby sea turtle. “Where is she?” he bellowed.
“How would I know? I’m kind of stuck right now. It’s not like I can go look for her or anything,” I responded in a bored tone.
He continued to walk towards me, like a predator stalking their prey. Inside, my heart was pounding and I was terrified. I lifted my chin in defiance and I refused to give him the satisfaction of knowing how he affected me.
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nbsp; “Una,” his voice was low, and even charming in an odd way. If I hadn’t known what a snake he really was, or that it was likely just another one of his stolen powers being put to use, I probably would have fallen for it. As it was, I knew, and I wasn’t impressed. He reached up and stroked my cheek, causing me to recoil as much as the damn ice would allow as his icy fingers trailed over my skin and made my flesh crawl. “You know where she went. You will only be helping her by returning her to me. Tell me and your little indiscretion will be overlooked.”
“Wish I could help you, really I do.” Right over the Mariana Trench, I thought to myself as I gave him a clueless look. “I really don’t know. I had no idea she was going to leave, let alone where she might go. I’m just her roomie,” I snarked back.
“Guards!” he roared as he looked around for someone to come to his side as he ordered. I couldn’t hold back a giggle. He glared at me, “And what do you think is so funny, Una?”
“Well, Headmaster, you must have forgotten you froze everyone on this level. I’m pretty sure everyone else was taken care of by Eva.” I looked around, taking in the icy room around us, everyone frozen with varied expressions crossing their faces.
His eyes widened briefly as he realized his error. So quickly that if he hadn’t been right in my fucking face, I would have missed it. “You stay here. I will deal with you once I find her.” He turned abruptly and stomped off.
“Uh, it’s not like I can go anywhere. Do you think you could maybe unfreeze my arms?” I called after him. “I have this itch on my nose that I really need to scratch.”
He stopped and turned, his icy glare penetrating me, “You will be lucky if that’s the only thing you have to deal with once I find out your part in this.” He turned and stormed out of the room, his dress shoes clicking against the frozen floor.
“Fuck!” I yelled into the empty hall, my frustration at an all time high as my voice echoed back at me. I only hoped that Eva and the guys had actually made it out and were long gone by now. They hadn’t looked too hot when they took off, so I wasn’t entirely certain they made it. I couldn’t imagine what he would do if any of them were found.
I squirmed around in my frozen capsule, trying to free a hand at least. I really did have an itch on my nose and it was starting to irritate me. Of course, that irritation was just one more thing to add to the running list of emotions I would rather not deal with.
I searched for my power, testing the waters to see how possible it would be to free myself. My body was drained already, not having the constant supply of salty seawater to energize me as I did when I was home. That and I had let out a lot of power at once to help with our escape. More than I had since I was taken from my home and thrown here. I never wanted to use it again after what happened, yet my friend’s life was in danger and I had no choice. I didn’t regret it at all. At least, I wouldn’t if I knew that Eva was long gone and safe.
I needed to do what I could to free myself, though. If I took it slow and eased my way into it, I should be able to tell when it was too much. A small trickle of water formed in my hands as I didn’t want to push it too hard to start. I was basically flexing my magic to see what I had left since I had never done this on land before.
The salty water flowed around my hands, caressing my body as it hadn’t in far too long, and melting a layer of the ice around me. It seemed like forever before my hands were able to move, and I had the urge to move faster, but knew I needed to take it slow.
I used the water that I had already called to me, and instead of creating more, I pushed the water upward as I tried to melt the ice around my body. A bead of sweat appeared on my brow as I increased the force a little. A lot of time had passed and I did not want to still be stuck when that psycho came back.
I reached my shoulder and the progress seemed to stop. “Yeah, that would be my luck. Get all the way to my shoulders and then run out of magic.” I mumbled as I kept working, looking inside myself for a little bit more of the magic that dwelled in me. I pulled more at the warm ocean currents that were part of me and pushed it outward toward the ice, finally melting enough to free my arms So I could move inside the ice.
I stopped for a minute, needing a moment to recover, and not wanting to burn myself out as I had no idea what was coming. Maybe I shouldn’t have sent Jet away. It would have seemed a lot less to face if he was here with me. No, if he were here I would only want him to scratch the itch in my pussy, and we needed to get out of this first. I was better off alone at this point.
I considered my options. I could stay where I was, trapped fully with this damn itch on my nose, or I could free myself the rest of the way and hide as long as possible.
None of those ideas seemed like they would end well for me, so I decided something in between would have to do. I ignored the ice around my legs, I didn’t care if I would be able to leave or not at this point. In fact, hiding my power as much as possible from the head dick was probably the smartest choice, given what I knew now. He had said once he learned my part in all this; did that mean he had no knowledge that the tidal wave had come from me? It was worth continuing to hide my power from him, just in case.
I was better off staying here as the headmaster demanded. No, I wouldn’t risk my life to try to avoid a punishment I knew was coming. I would just do what I could to minimize it now. There was nowhere in this school I could hide from him. Even my treasure room would only be a temporary solution. Eventually, he would find me and it would be worse. I just needed to make him believe I had no clue where she was going. Which shouldn’t be too hard, because honestly, I didn’t. Everything happened so fast that we had to move up the plan and I didn’t even know if Sebastian had found a place by the time they took to the skies. If he did, and I really hoped for Eva’s sake he had, I wouldn’t have been privy to that information anyway. He had made the right call in not telling us yet.
The headmaster could use every single spell he could find, bring in truth-sayers, and whatever else he had at his disposal, and he still wouldn’t get the location from me. I didn’t know.
My water had worked up to my shoulders now, and I continually worked it around my torso, easing myself out bit by bit as I worried about Eva. She was strong and cunning, yet even her power was no match for that of Jack Frost. That girl had better be long gone by now. I could only go by estimates that it had been about an hour.
“Damn it!” I shouted my frustration at being stuck and not knowing what the fuck was going on anywhere in the prison. One shoulder was finally free and I worked to melt enough ice that I could reach up and scratch that damn itch.
I knew I was draining myself as I worked to get part of me free, yet it was all that was keeping me from screaming and crying right now. It gave me something to focus on other than my fear of everything unknown.
It wasn’t like I would need my power right now, anyway. I needed to do everything I could to make him think I had none. After I freed myself enough to move around, I would call the water back to me before he returned and he would be none the wiser.
If Frost didn’t find Eva, and I sure the hell hoped that was the case, I would be hauled off for questioning. The questioning wouldn't be any big deal as I had no knowledge of what he wanted. The only thing I could admit would be that the escape was planned and we knew how evil he was. But I doubted he would ask me about that last part.
“Finally!” I exclaimed as the last bit of ice fell away from around my shoulders, and I groaned in ecstasy as I finally scratched that damn itch. At that moment, I had a hard time deciding what was more satisfying; scratching that fucking itch or orgasms? Nope, not even a competition. Orgasms.
My nose was probably red by the time I was satisfied, and I started working on the other arm. I heard shouts in the hallway and the stomping of many feet coming towards me. “Oh shit,” I muttered, knowing that being free was coming to an end shortly. Not that I was free being stuck in a big ass block of ice. I called my seawater to me quickly, knowing that Frost
would be able to spot the difference with just a glance.
The last of the liquid returned to me as the guards raced by and I shouted to one, “Hey, what’s going on?”
I was surprised when he actually stopped and answered me, “Some students have gone missing and we’re searching for them. Keep your eyes peeled for any student that’s walking around, and come to us immediately if you see anything,” he ordered.
Waving to my lower body that was still stuck, I gave him an incredulous look, “Seriously? How the fuck am I suppose to get to a guard to tell them? Plus, how the hell am I supposed to know what students? It’s not like I can shout at everyone who walks through here.”
“Every student is currently frozen in place. There will be no one walking the hallways except guards at this point. As for your being stuck, just keep shouting and someone will be around eventually,” he ran off to continue his search.
I sighed in relief. If they didn’t know where she was, there was a good chance that all of them escaped. Hope flooded through me at the thought. I didn’t even care about being stuck in a block of ice. I pulled my magic back the rest of the way to save my strength for what was to come when the prick was done with his search.
I leaned against what remained of the ice as the time passed and boredom started to overcome me. To pass the time, I started singing, something I hadn’t done in many years, and for good reason. My sisters and I were all blessed with beautiful voices; voices that were meant to be alluring, calling to humans. I hated that part of myself, yet I still loved music.
Most of the songs I had learned as a child were haunting. Death was the major point of all of them and they brought me great sadness. I also didn’t think it was right to lure the men to the sea as so many of my sisters thought it was fun to do.
I had been so stubborn, always wanting to be on land with people so I spent a lot of time hiding in the rocky shores near packed beaches as I watched the humans play. So many years I had listened to their music boxes play fun songs that made me feel like dancing. Eventually I ended up learning quite a few of their songs.
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