The general almost growled as he shot me a glare.
"James, go wait outside," Jacob ordered. "I'll be out when we're through here."
"Yes father," James replied. He got up from his chair and stiffly made his way towards the door, obviously trying to hold on to whatever dignity he had left.
"Bye little Jimmy," I said with a little wave over my shoulder. "Maybe when you're older we'll let you at the adult table."
I couldn't help but smirk at the sound of him muttering something along the lines of "adult table my ass." It was so nice to see I was having an influence on the kid.
"So, what's on the agenda today?" I asked again once I heard the door shut.
"Our agenda," Glinda started as she glanced down at her clipboard. Without looking she used her riding crop to swat my shins, forcing both my feet and the chair's back onto the floor with a clatter. "is that we have reason to believe that Salem is on the move once again."
"When isn't she?" I asked as I rubbed my shins. I gave her a pointed look that she ignored. "She's always planning something. What else is on the list?"
"Well we also have your mission report and our standard check of each maiden's location and wellbeing. I would love to add 'teaching you manner' to the agenda but I highly doubt that would be concluded in just one afternoon."
"Sorry to tell you this, but Summer's been trying to teach me manners since we became partners at Beacon," I replied, sitting up once again. "And if she can't do it, no one can."
"Speaking of Summer, where is she?"
"Tai's place, making sure he doesn't do anything stupid," I answered. Glinda raised a curious eyebrow, prompting me to continue. "Raven ran off a few nights ago, he's really broken up about it."
"Do you know where she went?"
"Not a clue." There was silence as Glinda gave me a very unbelieving look. "Alright, maybe one clue but it won't help any, I promise you."
"So you're telling us," General Iron started, sounding quite angry. "That you let the summer maiden just up and disappear?"
"Pretty much yeah."
