“McClintock?” Alvez says, smiling at Jackson. “Anything to report? I am particularly interested in the results of this pairing.”
“Why?” Rafe says, the word abrupt. All of our faces turn to brother, Tony leaning around Jackson to get a good look.
Alvez just raises his eyebrows.
“Why?” Rafe asks again, slinging an arm over the back of his chair. “What’s so special about the pairing between Clark and McClintock?”
“Because,” Alvez replies, even. “I have the sense that their magical affinities complement each other.”
Jackson goes rigid in his seat next to me, but I just turn my head, curious. What is this man up to.
“I know it seemed, perhaps, by chance how I paired you up in the last class and for your homework sessions, but the orb gives more than sense that you can do magic. It also gi
