uestrian club. The air smelled of dust and horses. Evelena wore dark, fi
h of the stall holding the calndi and three large boys from the football team foll
amonds. She tapped it against her leg. She laughed and told Ev
dents in the arena stopped brushin
expression did not change. She said,
riding boot out, aiming to trip
. Instead, she brought her own hard leather heel down vio
imal. She collapsed into the dirt, gra
ding crop high above her head. She swung it down with
h the air with a sh
ch back. She threw her left arm up, takin
er sleeve. A line of pure fir
fore Kenzie could pull the whip back, Evelena's right h
free it. Evelena planted her f
with a violent jerk. Kenzie lost her ba
ainst her. Evelena stepped to the side, grabbed the collar of Kenzie's riding jacket with both hands, and shoved her violently downward wit
y stared in absolute shock at the quiet girl who ju
agging for air. Her perfect ma
e ordered the three boys to g
red her. They spread out and walked t
nd grabbed a heavy, rusted iron pitchfork. She held it across
them the first person to step forward was
rous intent radiating from her b
of Students, came sprinting acros
ace turned pale with terror. Ke
turned purple with rage. He screame
wo campus security guards running behind him to arre
Evelena's arms, twisting them painfully behind her
lked over to where the guards were holding Evelena. She raised h
aste of blood filled her mouth. But when she lookeuards to drag her to
e a step, a deafening
heavy helicopter dropped out of the sky. I
p a massive cloud of dust, blinding every
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