Irial glanced down at Dru. She'd moved closer to him. And the other girl seemed to have sensed that his arms were slightly twinging in pain. Damn archaic symbols. He was growing weaker by the second, and now this girl was spooking him. It took a lot to be spooked, and he was half tempted to show her his true power, but Caitlin would not approve of it. And Gabriel would be angry too.

"There is no need," he said quietly, his voice haunting. "And I have no need to see a school nurse either. There is nothing she can do for me." His eyes dropped and a stray strand of ink black hair fell into line of vision.