Academy Obscura by J. J. Krzemien

Author:J. J. Krzemien [Krzemien, J. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 46830703
Publisher: Wednesday Ink LLC
Published: 2019-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

13

Caprice

Aimes, MacTavish, and Bennett acted like nothing had ever happened. They ignored me a little more than usual for the next few weeks, but that was the only change in their behavior. I still refused to tell anyone about them, and Liam, Jaxon, and Angel soon stopped asking.

“I have to get above a ninety-five percent on my mid-terms.” Madison sat on her bed, surrounded by textbooks and notepads. “Or mom will give me hell and ride me even harder next term with her idea of daily magical affirmations, and let me tell you that they are not helping! Look at the one she sent today.” She waved her wand, making the piece of black paper float across the room to my bed.

I snatched it up. White script words showed starkly against the matte black.

Once you fall into the Culling ten percent, there’s only a seventeen percent chance that you’ll rise out of it.

“If that’s not encouraging, I don’t know what is.” I tossed the note into the trash bin with all the others Madison had already discarded.

Madison sent me an exasperated glance. “She’s making me so nervous that I can’t focus on my studies. I haven’t slept peacefully in like forever, and that’s muddling my brain too.” She went back to reading the book in her lap.

I was in real trouble with mid-terms. Madison saw how I failed in all the magic-based classes. Over the past couple of weeks she started to talk less about it. Now she hardly ever brought it up. I tried to see it from her perspective. How would I act toward my roommate if I was positive that they were going to be culled at the end of the year?

I wouldn’t want to get too close to them, for both our sakes. I might be afraid they’d be a negative influence on me. Mostly, I’d want to protect myself from the eventual emotional grief over losing them.

Scooting off the bed, I smoothed out my grey and black sweater. October had brought cold, wet nights. It was a different kind of cold from Baltimore, more wet and seeping.

I had one more person to turn to before I gave up on my life.

I trekked across the lawn. On a Sunday, I had to hope May would be in her office. A heavy mist hung in the air, and the water particles glimmered in the numerous lamp light. May was nice and much more competent than Ms. Duinn. I should have turned to her sooner.

As soon as I knocked on her office door, she answered it.

“Caprice, come in.” May opened the door wide, then closed it behind me. “What brings you in?” Her soft green eyes met mine. A wave of deja vu swept through me and I blinked several times.

“You’re related to Liam.” I couldn’t believe I’d never seen it before now. They were both redheads, but their eye color confirmed the family tie.

May laughed. “Yes, he’s my little brother.” She sat down behind her oak desk, motioning me to take the seat opposite.

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