atory Academy. Ayla had kept her promise, returning to the very state where her nigh
rame. Her hands were buried in her pockets. Beside her stood Clotilde, her best
at behind a massive oak desk. He flipped through th
the files o
ic school," the Dean sneered, adjusting his glasses. "St. Jude's prides itself on our Ivy L
shed red. She opene
d grabbed Clotilde'
ed in utter boredom. "Just stamp the paper,
He snatched his stamp, slammed it onto th
basement wing. Don't cau
the papers an
orms stopped to stare. They whispered behind their hands, their eyes
lotilde muttered cur
basement wing. Th
chaos. Heavy metal music blasted from a portable speaker.
idn't
at boot and kicked the do
h a deafening crash, s
f abruptly. The
was filled with the school's worst-rich kids with drug
sks in the back smirked. One of t
ped into
e classroom. Her eyes were dead, carrying the heavy, suf
hroat close up. The smirk slid off his f
l into a terrified,
isle toward the two em
sprawled across the aisle, blocking her path
kicked the leg of his
ly throwing the guy to the floor. He jumplowly turned her he
dropped. His instincts screamed at him to sit down
Clotilde
bell
a sharp, tailored suit that screamed high fa
d and wrote her name in ele
put their heads down to sleep;
ed around, her calm, calcula
ped on Ayla i
room, their
. Serena wasn't a normal teacher. The woman carried the sa
. When she read Ayla's name, she
smissal, Ayla slung her b
a called out
sto
s," Serena said, her voice smoo
slow smirk. She didn't rep
t?" Clotilde asked,
ght sun. "This school is going to be a
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