Here We Stand – Remy Bishop

You’re a superstar, Finn.” Nix leans through the two front seats and smacks a big, wet kiss on his mate’s cheek for driving his Rover like it’s Formula One to get them there almost on time. “Yeah, thanks. You coming through on your way home later, or…” Grayson asks, twisting the strap of his leather bag in his hand.

“I have office hours and a C-section in an hour, but I can be here to pick you up after class.” He sounds like his usual self, but his scent is a bit sour, and there’s a muscle ticking in his jaw. “I don’t want you to go in without me. I feel like something big is going on, and there’s power in numbers.” Nix understands that feeling perfectly. Professor Kirwan hadn’t felt like the big bad, but the guy on the phone?

He was scary. If there’s one thing Nix has learned at Sentinel or even from the last few years, it’s that the big bad very rarely did their own dirty work. “I think we’ll be okay today. It’s not like whatever Kirwan has planned is going to go down in a school filled with children,” Grayson says with a shrug.

Finn’s head swings around. “That’s not at all reassuring, but…yeah, okay. Call me. I will reschedule on my end.” He wraps his hand around the back of Grayson’s neck and kisses him so hard their teeth clack. “Keep your wits about you.” “Will do.” Grayson gets out and opens the back door for Nix.

“Nix?” Finn calls him back before he can slide out. “Yeah?” “Just…do what you have to do today. Whatever it takes, okay?” Finn must really have a bad feeling if he’s suggesting violence. He taps his forehead, “Let me know what’s going on?” “Will do. See you this afternoon. Love you.” Finn watches them slip through the magical gate, and once they’re on this side and the blue Rover is out of sight, Grayson grabs him around the waist.

“Hang on, Angel, and close your eyes.” Nix slams his eyes closed, and the world slips sideways. Fractals of light ping behind his lids, and the whoosh of air moving at a speed Nix can’t fathom tosses his hair around his head. The first time Grayson had teleported with him pressed close, Nix had thrown up immediately after. Eyes closed was the only way to survive what Nix can only describe as being reduced to pure Plain and then reconstituted in a different location.

Atomized and rebuilt in seconds, and the inertia was a serious bitch. They end up outside a tall wooden door on the second floor. It’s closed already, with a class in session, the sign hanging above swaying in the lightest of breezes. The slight opening under the door whistles, too. “Shit, they’ve started already. Just stay behind me.

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