Jimmy Willian's Magical Adventure

14

‘’How is the mark?’’ Marcel asked, whispering to Jimmy as they sat under a tree to soak up some afternoon sun before their next class started.

‘’Oh, I almost forgot about it.’’

‘’Forgot about what?’’ Petar asked, looking up for his notebook, he had sworn he had written down a spell to conjure up things from a longer distance, but it turned out he didn’t.

‘’Well…’’ Jimmy began but Marcel elbowed him and shook his head.

‘’It’s a secret I see,’’ Petar said after seeing the exchange between the two.

‘’It really isn’t,’’ Jimmy said then lifted his shirt to expose his hip.

‘’It appeared less than a month ago, I thought nothing of it until Marcel told me it was the mark of the Gens. He has one too.’’

‘’Oh my God, I hope you haven’t shown it to anyone.’’

Jimmy shook his head.

‘’Good, because there will be consequences. Everyone is still on edge and the deaths and disappearances are making them worse.’’

‘’But why did we get this mark?’’ Marcel asked, once again getting panicked.

‘’Don’t you re