Whispers Between The Walls
niforms into the Assembly Hall, feeling like a thread sewn into the wrong tapestry. The ceilings stretched so high
w where to s
es, gathering into four main groups marked by banners
green stag on
and bronze, a sna
d indigo, with a
white and gold-c
plained this
one from the car-this one had messy curls, round glasses, and a cardigan wa
. It's a little like getting sorted into a house, excep
"That makes
ra. Third year. Chronic disappointment
ile, tension e
tly. "Wolfe's for legacies. Alder's for heirs. Roswen is basically roya
wept the
in theirt lives. His uniform fit like it had been tailored that morning. When he stepped onto the
tress nodde
began t
-
said, voice steady, clear, annoyingly perfect. "A place where excellence is demanded, and cha
ls sighed
rogress. Especially this year." His eyes scanned
away to
roft hold you," he said,
lowed. Polit
"That sounded noble, didn't it? A
s
The Aldens have been grooming him for Oxfo
s a stud
ks, Head Prefect, dating a Belgian duchess, heir to the Al
ed. "Th
rs and old bloodlines. They host secret parties and run half the sc
u beli
whatever he wants to be," Petra
-
mbly, clas
tning is brilliant-striking and dangerous. Everyone else moved like they alre
the w
follo
new
ric
lars
staring
stare
crawl into
least two unused staircases. It was in one of those-spiraling, a
o curious. They ea
urn
Mor
banister like he'd b
up again, a pencil tucked behind his ear. And in hi
to people much,
hat. "Not when
doing
an exc
my arms
I know what it's like to feel watched. Judged
h caught
pped c
k at people the way
d that a
eep say
thing. A sheet fr
adow. My hair a bit messy, eyes uncertain, head turn
dre
I don't under
on't under
t y
left without
-
one behind the bed. As I reached to pull it out, my fingers
the dust, and read the words c
st the ones
ssed against the wall, heart
to Rav