Bitter Magic by Raven Steele

Author:Raven Steele [Steele, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Steele

I stayed in my room the rest of the day, trying to figure out what had happened in Cyrus’s office. I kept going over the events in my head, tried to slow them down, hoping to find an answer. The more I thought about it, the more I knew there had been a Vyken in that room. But was it really Cyrus?

A knock at the door made me sit up. I went to it and opened it just barely. My heart lifted a little when I saw May. “Hey, come on in.”

May walked in, holding a lunch bag, and closed the door. “You look terrible.”

I puffed my cheeks and blew out air. “Rough day, for sure.”

“Maybe this will help.” She handed me the bag. From inside, the smell of turkey on rye wafted outward.

“Thanks,” I said, my mouth watering.

“So about before with Ashlyn. Sorry she was so rude. I let her have it after you left.”

“You didn’t need to do that.”

“Of course I did. You’re my best friend, Llona.”

I stared at her, thinking. Whatever was happening at Lucent was a lot bigger than I could handle. I needed help.

She wrinkled her nose. “Why are you looking at me like that? Do I have something on my face?”

“We need to talk.” I paused “And not just you. Let’s get Kiera and Tessa too.”

Her eyes lit up. “Like a secret meeting?”

“Yes, an important one.”

“I’ll go find Kiera, and I just saw Tessa downstairs.”

“Cool. I have something to show you guys.”

Ten minutes later all four of us were in my bedroom. I closed the curtains to give us more privacy even though we were several stories up.

“This is a little weird,” Kiera said, glancing around suspiciously.

“Just wait,” I scoffed. “It’s about to get weirder. Have a seat.”

Tessa sat on the floor, joining the others. “Does this have anything to do with what happened earlier today?”

“Yes, and there’s more.”

“What happened earlier?” May asked.

Tessa and I locked eyes. “Something bad is going on at Lucent.”

“Like what?” Kiera asked.

I reached into my backpack and pulled out Britt’s diary. “It starts with this.”

“What is it?” May asked, taking it from my hands.

“It’s a diary. I found it hidden behind a brick in the closet.”

“Whose?” May and Kiera said at the same time.

I turned to Tessa, the girl who knew Britt the best out of us. “Britt’s.”

Tessa shook her head. “I don’t think you should be reading that.”

“Maybe I shouldn’t have, but I’m glad I did.”

“Wait,” May said, “who’s Britt?”

I glanced at Kiera. Her mouth was open, and the color had drained from her face.

“I knew her a little,” she said. “It’s the Aura who used to be in Llona’s room.” Kiera brought her knees to her chest, her arms wrapped tightly around them.

“Where is she now?” May asked.

Kiera stared beyond me. “She died.”

May gasped. “How?”

I waited for Kiera to answer to see how much she knew.

“Nobody knows. They found her in her room.”

“In this room?” May clarified.

“Yes.”

May turned to me. “That explains all the ghost jokes then.”

“Did you know her very well?” I asked Kiera.

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