Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund

Author:Anne Osterlund
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.

The episode came back to haunt her the next morning in the cafeteria.

“Did Yvonne Entera threaten you?” Dane’s words came from behind Aerin.

She whipped her head around to see him looming over her, his full tray balanced precariously in one hand. There was something in his face, almost—

“Answer me.” He took two steps around the edge of the table, and the tray came down with a thud.

“Yes.” Of course Yvonne had threatened her. The real question was what had brought this startling reaction out on his face. The Dane she knew did not get upset. He was always controlled.

“Did you turn her in?” he demanded, still standing.

Aerin stirred her food around, then lifted a golden pear off her plate. “You don’t honestly expect me to answer that with you glaring at me, do you?” The power of those brown eyes was oddly disturbing.

The pear disappeared. How in the space-time continuum had he managed that? Her reflexes were going rusty.

“Damn it, Aerin, answer me.”

Her back straightened. “If you think swearing is going to help, you might as well park that tray somewhere else.”

Color flashed through his face: purple.

She was remembering now, what he had said when she asked him why he had broken into the tech lab, something about making bad choices when he was angry. That answer did not seem as evasive as it had before. His thumb was digging a hole in the side of her pear.

“Dane, if you really want to talk about this, let’s talk, but stop glaring. You’re worse than Xioxang.”

The purple faded slightly. “Rumor has it Yvonne aimed a laser at you yesterday.”

“Hmm.” Aerin held out her palm, waiting for the stolen pear. It returned to her possession.

He sat down slowly. “What was she doing pointing a weapon at you?”

“Threatening me.”

“She can be expelled for that.”

Aerin frowned. “Don’t you dare mention—”

“First-years aren’t even allowed near lasers. She should never have had—”

“Dane!” Aerin hissed under her breath. “In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not exactly following the rules myself.”

“You can’t keep secrets like this.”

“Why not?” What she said next, she should never have said. She knew better. Their relationship had a wall. She respected it. They both did. But he was chipping away. “It’s not like you ever share anything you don’t want to!”

The purple on his face flared. And she did not dare wait for the explosion. Her body moved—up, around the table, and across the floor. She left the tray with its remnants behind. Her hands hit the exit doors, and her feet pounded down the path.

Halfway to the garden, the déjà vu hit her. No. Absolutely not. I’m not running.

The sight of those protective trees reminded her she had been fleeing ever since she left Vizhan. It had to stop. Dane was not the enemy. She had spent enough time with him to know that much. It was time she learned the significance of friendship.

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