Magical Arts Academy Complete Novella Series Bundle

Isadora is recruited to attend a secret school of magic.

As she makes her way to the academy, a dark sect of sorcerers pursues her relentlessly, willing to use any spell in their vast arsenal of powers to stop her.

With the help of Trixie, her horse, a dragon named Humbert, and a clandestine band of magicians, Isadora will work to overcome the sorcerers to begin her education in wizardry.

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My brother was staring at me, and I was pretending not to notice. If I ignored him long enough, maybe he’d leave me alone.

“I thought you’d be more upset by this,” he said, and I sighed. He wasn’t going to drop it.

“Upset? Why would I be upset about being sold to a stranger, loaded up like cargo into an unfamiliar carriage, and sent to who-knows-where?” My sarcasm was as thick as the fog outside, unusual for this time of year.

“We weren’t sold.” But Hernando’s tone revealed that not even he was convinced of the veracity of his statement.
I turned to look at him.

He huffed, a strand of dark hair that had fallen over one eye flying free. “Fine, we were more or less sold. But who knows, Isa? Maybe we’ll get lucky and things will be better wherever we’re going than they were with our uncle.”

“Since when have I been lucky? You, sure, you’re lucky all the time. But not me, and you know it. I’m only along on this ride because of you, because Uncle wouldn’t think of being burdened with me without you there.”

He opened his mouth and I could already anticipate his fruitless denial.

I put a hand up. “Don’t. Just don’t. I heard them talking, I know it’s the truth.”

My brother, usually smooth and composed, squirmed. “You... heard them?”

“Of course I did. Just because everyone thinks I’m stupid doesn’t mean I actually am.”

“Isa! Don’t say things like that! You aren’t stupid.”

“No, I’m not. But only you and I seem to agree on that.”

“Not just you and me. Mamá and Papá know it too, as do José and Rafael.”

“All right, then no one but you and me know it on this continent. Is that better?”

“Yes,” he said, his words enough of a whisper to indicate that he understood a bit of how terrible the situation made me feel.

A few minutes passed in silence, long enough for me to believe he’d quit, and left me to suffer in silence. I turned my gaze back to the window, at the constant fog that hid the landscape I was barely familiar with despite living at our uncle’s home for nearly a year. He wasn’t overly fond of me getting out. In fact, he wasn’t overly fond of me doing much of anything.

“So...”

I could tell Nando wanted me to turn to look at him, but I didn’t. I had no desire to see pity shining in his compassionate dark eyes.

He cleared his throat. “So you heard everything they said?”

“Pretty much.”

His next words rushed out. “You know Uncle doesn’t understand you. He doesn’t know you. He can’t possibly when he doesn’t even try. Don’t believe a thing he said about you.”

I shrugged toward the fog as if our uncle’s words hadn’t cut me to the bone. It wasn’t that I hadn’t been able to tell that’s how he felt about me from his actions. But hearing him pronounce me stupid and peculiar and useless and a whole litany of other adjectives I’d work hard to forget stung worse than I imagined a snake bite would. At least a snake bite might kill you quickly; if it didn’t, then you’d eventually heal and forget. But Uncle’s words, no matter how hard I’d try, I feared I’d never forget them.

I jumped a little when Nando put his hand on my shoulder, but he didn’t remove it. In the whole world, he was the only one who wanted to be there for me. I wasn’t fool enough to push him away just because I was hurting. It was hard, but I made myself move a hand over his.

“He’s an ignorant, prejudiced man, who doesn’t know a good thing when it’s staring him in the face.”

I barked out laughter. “He had no problem seeing a good thing in this old man’s offer. He sold us at a high price. He’ll be able to enjoy the luxury our payment will afford in peace, since we’ll no longer be there to bother him. I will no longer be there to bother him.” I didn’t like how bitter my words sounded.

“Well, it goes both ways. We won’t be bothered by him again either.”

I allowed Nando’s warm, caring hand and the sound of the horses and carriage rolling along start to soothe me. If I let idiots like our uncle break me, I’d never amount to anything.

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