Enlightened A Light Tamer Novel (The Light Tamer) by Devyn Dawson

you alive.  Your destiny is too important to ignore.  Sadly, you and your friends have become targets for the Underworld gods and goddesses.  You couldn’t upset something that Fate could help control, no, you upset the total psychos.  Yes, you have a destiny and NO, I’m not telling you what it is.”
    “Is this like a North Carolina thing?  Because when I lived in New York, the only crazy was my dad.”  I try to hide how annoyed he is making me.  At this point, I’m not sure if I really care.
    “Tomorrow, we’ll talk about this more.  Amber said you’re riding with her in the morning, so I’ll see you bright and early.”
    “You’re just going to come in here, tell me you ’re my guardian angel and a butterfly and leave?  How absurd is that!”
    “Oh, honey, don’t flatter yourself, I’m no angel.  You think that’s absurd, you’ll love this next part... you can’t tell anyone.  Don’t look at me like that.  I’m sorry, but the rules are the rules.  I know you and your friends like to bend the rules, but not this time.  To assure that you won’t tell anyone, there is a Dark One on stand-by to knock off your new BFF,” he says cockily. 
    “You’ll have my friend killed if I tell anyone?  What the hell?”
    He looks at me and cocks his head to the side.  “It makes a difference doesn’t it?  It isn’t a North Carolina thing either toots.  This could have happened at any super school you went to.  I have some homework to tend to.  Be sure to arm the alarm when I leave, I don’t want any bad guys to get you while you’re sleeping.”
    Ugh , what a despicable ass.  This is a guardian?  “How am I supposed to keep this from Caleb?  He hears my thoughts.  Huh?  You’re going to kill my friend because I can’t help thinking?”
    “You ask a lot of questions.  Don’t worry about thinking it, somehow it’s jumbled.  I don’t know how it works, but it isn’t possible to spread the word via thoughts,” he says as he stands up.  “Good-night my little charge.”
    I try as hard as possible not to scream.  Silently we walked through the house and without a word he left.  I punch in the code to the alarm and head back to my room.  My phone has only been on the charger for an hour, long enough to give Caleb a good-night call.
    “Hey beautiful,” Caleb says as he answers the phone.
    I try to keep myself composed so he doesn’t realize I’m on the verge of tears.  “Hi you.  I wanted to call and say good night.”
    “Is everything okay?”
    No, everything isn’t okay.  “Yeah, I just wanted to hear your voice.”
    “Are you missing your dad?”
    I do miss him, daily.  “Yeah, a little.  I can’t really talk; I still have a little more homework to do.  Good night. ”  I close my eyes and envision him with me.
    “Good night, I’ll see you in the morning.  I love you”
    “Love you, too.”

Chapter 11.  Killing Amber
     
     
    Amber’s Jeep screeches its tires as we pull into the school parking lot.  When we picked Thorne up, the jackass winked at me as he climbed into the back seat.  After sitting up half the night trying to figure out what to do, I finally decided to go see Mrs. Ward first thing.  After all, she is the one that seems to have made each obstacle for me.  I told Amber to go on without me, and I’d see her in class.
    As I lifted my hand to knock on her door, Mrs. Ward pulled it open. 
    “Good morning, Jessie.  How are you enjoying your new school,” she asked with a smile?
    She motioned for me to sit down.  “You know why I’m here.  What I don’t understand is why you trickle information to me.”
    “Trickle?  Young lady, I assure you, I don’t trickle.  This isn’t a ordinary little game we’re playing.  You’re back on my radar, so something is going right.  Thorne and I discussed it for hours; before we decided you should know who he actually is.  Your friend Amber, she is a loose cannon that girl.  She is