Bluestone Academy by BLACKBIRD A

Author:BLACKBIRD, A
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

I spent most of the day in the library, skipping all my classes. Courtney and Lolly eventually find me around dinner time, but I skip that, too. Not hungry, can’t eat, can only skim some fashion books and mags.

We sit in the main hall of the library, balconies overlooking us, and work on our assignments. It’s meant to be quiet, duh, it’s a library. But apparently some people—the elite circle—didn’t get the memo. A few tables down from us, they crowd around a game of cards and break out into cheers, hoots, and jeers every few minutes. They just won’t shut up.

If I wasn’t such a damn coward, I would go over there and smack them into silence. But I am, so I settle on heavy, lingering glowers at the elite snakes. My brother catches my glowers a few times, but he just smiles and carries on.

Tucking a strand of hair behind my ear, I sigh and slouch back in my chair. I let the pencil fall from my grip onto my half-written essay on the properties of nightshade.

Again, they break out into laughs. I snatch a book on the wonderland stories and drag it closer to myself. As I glare from beneath my lashes, Dray catches my attention and hooks me. His gaze locks onto mine for a beat before I turn down at the book.

Lolly has her nose buried in a krum book. Courtney scribbles steadily opposite me. No amount of cheers and laughter break her focus and I envy her for it.

On the tip of my tongue is all that my father said to me. I want so desperately to tell her everything he said, but her only response will be why this, and why that, and why didn’t I tell him everything, and so on. She sees the world in black and white, she can’t see the grey and that’s where I live.

Sometimes, I miss having friends from my world. It’s just easier with them. I could tell Lolly, but I don’t know her all that well, and though we’ve spent a lot of time together over the years, we’ve never quite bonded. I can’t risk anything I complain about getting back to Dray or my father. Best just to keep quiet. It’s what keeps me out of trouble, being quiet.

Another jeer cuts through me and I throw down the book. “I wish they would just piss off.”

Lolly shrugs, locked onto her book about a pair of grim brothers. “They are having fun.”

I slam my own book shut. “Yeah, I wish they’d have it elsewhere.”

“O.” Lolly whispers, urgent, and looks behind me.

I trace her stare to Eric as he winds his way around the tables. His eyes are on me.

“Ms. Laurent,” he greets and hears the sudden hush running over the raucous table. All gazes burn the side of my face. “I wonder if you could come by my office at seven-thirty this evening,” he says. “There are some points in your assignment that I would like to discuss with you.

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