INTEGRATION (Bonfire Academy Book Two) (Bonfire Chronicles) by Imogen Rose Page B

didn’t ask, even though I was dying to. That school rule really sucks. But they did talk a lot about London, so I guess they know each other from there. I wasn’t paying a lot of attention to their chatter, though. Harrison kept me busy with his stories. I love that little boy.”
    I was surprised McKenzie had allowed Harrison to be around the twins. The smell of his human blood must have driven them insane with desire. She must trust them, or maybe she just trusted that she could keep them in line. “Yeah, he’s a little cutie. I guess he’ll be starting preschool soon.”
    “Yes. He couldn’t stop talking about it. He wants me to come and visit his classroom.”
    “Can’t see any reason why not. Sounds like it might be fun for you. Come to think of it, maybe we should look into some lessons for you at the human school, just so you can have contact with other humans.”
    “Quinn already asked The Smelt. She said no.”
    “He did?” I was surprised. I knew that Faustine and Quinn were close, but I hadn’t realized just how chummy.
    “Yes, he had the same suggestion when I told him that I missed human company. Anyhow, The Smelt’s just being a stickler with the rules. I’m supposed to concentrate on exploring only my demon part while I’m here, and she feels human interaction will interfere with that. Plus she still thinks I don’t have enough control of my powers to be trusted around humans.”
    “And you don’t agree?”
    She raised her shoulders. “Don’t you?”
    I considered the question. She seemed to have taken control of her transformation into a demon and to be able to perform at will. “You’ve come a long way, but we haven’t finished with your Initiation process, yet. You may have powers that you’re still unaware of. It’s probably best not to risk any of those popping up at a human school for the first time. That’s probably why The Smelt said no.”
    “Eh, I don’t think I have any other powers.” Then she paused and looked down. “Apart from being able to disappear. I still don’t have a clue how I do that, but it doesn’t hurt anybody.”
    “All the same, it’d look pretty suspicious if you did it in public.” She’d have to learn about her guardian Wanderer sometime, but it wasn’t up to me. Either way, until we got a handle on the whole situation, it was probably best not to have her mingle with the humans, apart from Harrison. He’d be used to all sorts of strange stuff with both his parents being vamps and his mom hanging out with the rest of us. I wondered how McKenzie would make sure that he didn’t talk about it at school.
    “I guess,” Faustine agreed. “Anyhow, the next best things are the vamps, and I kind of like Viola and Audrey. They’re into clothes and stuff. Didn’t you think it was cool what they’d done to their uniforms?”
    “Yes, I did like that. What else do you know about them?”
    “Nothing much really. They talked a bit about their time in Japan, which sounded really interesting. I want to travel there one day. But what I really want to know is more about their life in London, and how they were turned.”
    “And you said that Octavia took you over to McKenzie’s house?” I nearly hurled when I spoke the name Octavia. Images of her with Jagger enraged me to the point that I could barely keep pus from seeping out my skin. “How did that come about?”
    “I don’t know. Quinn arranged it.”
    I really needed to get a full report from Quinn. I seemed to have missed out on a lot during my week in Paris.
    All thoughts of Quinn were dispelled when I picked up Jagger’s heartbeat. It was as if he’d heard me thinking about Quinn. He was getting closer, and I made it to the door and opened just in time for him to appear outside it.
    “Cordelia,” he said, his rakish smile sending a shiver down my spine. “I stopped by to see if Faustine wants to come skiing. And perhaps you’d like to as well?”
    “I’d love to!” Faustine said