CHAPTER 8

　　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 growl.

　　Magnus chuckles but stops as Reaper shoots him a death glare. I grab Magnus' 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 slides down the railing backwards. 'Skedaddle Dash,' Ela exclaims and vanishes. Ria races down the stairs while Fern leaps over the balustrade and skips half the steps. Magnus