The Book Of Life

Chapter Sixteen

I clasp the necklace around my neck and nod to the others.

"Codex Verbi." Kory calls.

With a slight flash of blinding white light, she disappears. We too, follow suite and speak our code word. I am blinded by the same flash Kory made but it's like a camera flash to my eyes- except it doesn't momentarily blind me.

It's a blank giant room with white walls and grey carpeted floor. An area of the main room has laminated wooden floor so we can set a table in here if we have to work and or eat and built into the right wall is a set of stairs that lead down into a training room that has padded floors and walls. It is completely unfurnished but I'm sure we will be able to find some things to furnish it with.

"We can't ask the parents for furniture to style this. They'd kill us!" Kory shouts.

"We have an old lounge at home that no one uses, in case a new member joins but since Katlyn is still a teenager she can't live with us." Arron states.

"And most of the pack has their own houses." Alyx side eyes her brother. "I also know we have another tv that's old, we can take that- dad thinks it's broken, it's not. He doesn't know it can't be connected to the power. It's a tv that connects to Wi fi only."

"We'd need a table and fridge as well. We have random chairs all over the house, I'm sure my parents won't even know their gone." Kory adds.

"We have too many fridges; we are selling one at the moment too." I chuckle.

"I'll come and buy it this afternoon." Arron says, " There, problem solved. we now have furniture."

"I'll give you the money tomorrow at school."

"No. I'm buying from your family not just so we can keep it in here. I want to actually stock it up with drinks I can have at night and during work."

"As long as you let us stock it with energy drinks and other drinks as well."

"Good. If anyone puts food in there and it's not named hide it! Cookie monster here will devour it." Alyx jabs a finger sideways at her brother.

We laugh at his death glare towards his sister.

We all grimace as the bell rings high above, I have to shove a finger in each of my ears to stop the ringing sound.

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I have poor time management, okay. I cast the mirage spell, and cautious of the noise the doors make as escape. Even more extra careful of the cameras, once I'm out of their view I bolt down the street and towards the park. I cut through our street using the park and head up the street which brings me closer to the Servo. I stop behind a tree across from the street, it's not the best place to stop but it is necessary when I have to walk past the police station. I can clearly see the police station and the library that served as an ex- council building; their bound to be a hive of cameras. I walk past them on the other side of the street and act as though I'm just walking at night, the lights are on in the garage of the police station, telling me that police are on duty in there.

There isn't a crossing still up this far of this road, so when the cars come to a halt at a red light further down, I jog across to the service station. I was thinking of using the lights to cross but then I remembered that my friend worked down at the fast-food place, down there. If she saw me, it would cause an uproar. I need a job as well.

As the mechanical doors open Arron looks up, once he sees me, he smiles. A customer turns to see who he is smiling at but regards me with blank eyes. I pretend to be interested in the drinks in their fridge's.