Cauldron of Ash by Dorothy Dreyer & Jenna Lee

Author:Dorothy Dreyer & Jenna Lee [Dreyer, Dorothy & Lee, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The next morning, I woke early and slipped out while Laurel still slept, leaving Rascal next to my bed with some dried beef to snack on. I had one mission today and that was finding Principal Grayson. I needed to get on that volunteer committee to gain extra points.

I caught Principal Grayson as she was walking down the corridor toward her office.

“Principal Grayson, can I have a word with you?” I asked, plastering on a fake smile.

She stopped and looked me up and down with a frown. She continued on toward her office, and I followed her in.

“Now what can I do for you, Reagan? Not getting up to any more mischief at night, now are you?” She clicked her tongue.

Of course she would bring that up. I had some sucking up to do to get back into her good books. Until then, I knew she would be keeping an eye on me at all times. Which wasn’t good.

“Well, I wanted to volunteer at the Founder’s Festival. I was wondering if you would allow me to clean your office as a way in?” I bit down on my nail so hard that it cracked.

This was awkward as hell. Principal Grayson laughed, and my eyes snapped up to meet hers.

“Well, I didn’t think my office was that bad, Reagan.”

I froze. Oh God! I’d just made it even worse.

Now I had no chance at getting into the benefit. I turned around, ready to run out. But I stopped as I felt her hand on my shoulder.

“I suppose it does need a little spring cleaning. It would make it easier to find things. You have two hours.” She brushed past me, leaving me stunned and alone in her office.

I stood there in shock for a few minutes, confused at how she’d changed her mind so quickly. I thought for sure that she would refuse my offer based on her first comment. But here I was alone in her office for the next two hours. I quickly got to work starting at her messy desk.

There were papers stacked up so high that I almost couldn’t reach them. I spent the next hour sorting out all her papers into neat piles. I moved toward her filing cabinets. I needed to fit these papers in there so they were out of the way. That would at least make her desk completely cleared of clutter. I opened the first drawer, and it squeaked in protest. It was full to the brim with files labeled with names of students.

Just as I went to close it, a name jumped out at me: Killian Reid. Intrigued, I reached in and pulled the file out. Leaning back on my feet, I opened it up. I had to see what she had on Killian. It should give me some further insight into what had gotten him in here. And maybe even some insight into his strange ways.

The first page had general information about his family history. It listed the names and dates of birth of his parents, and I noticed there was a “date deceased” on his father’s line.

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