Book 3: Chapter 7

Nina

It started around 7 a.m. With a series of caws. Magnus puts a pillow over his face and his ears. Unlike Magnus, I take my pillow and fling it at Reaper. As the pillow knocks him off the foot of our bed, his caw switches to a squawk.

“Good morning to you too, master,” He hisses via the mind-link.

“You’re a raven, not a rooster, Reaper!” I state my case.

Magnus chuckles but stops as Reaper shoots him the death gaze. I grab Magnus’s pillow and toss it at Reaper, missing him by a centimetre.

“And stop staring at Magnus in that manner,” I say.

“Fine, I’m hungry for grubs anyway,” He adds before flying out the window.

I roll onto Magnus, and we kiss and snuggle for a few moments before getting ready for the day. We can hear Fern, Ela, Ria, and Lilac giggling as they go down the stairs. When I opened my door, Lilac is sliding down the railing backwards. “Skedaddle dash,” Ela exclaims ad vanishes. Ria races down the stairs while Fern lea