Hades Academy: Second Semester by Abbie Lyons

Author:Abbie Lyons [Lyons, Abbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abbie Lyons
Published: 2019-08-28T05:00:00+00:00

SUNDAY, MORGAN DECIDED, was time for a spa day.

"I'm miserably hungover, for starters," she said into a heaping full English breakfast in the refectory, "and I picked up some ace volcanic ash face masks yesterday that I'm dying to try out. Not all of us can have your poreless skin, Nova."

I frowned. "Can't demons just magic their skin smooth, or something?"

Morgan sighed and threw a look at Teddy, who was stirring his cornflakes halfheartedly. I felt kind of bad that we hadn't invited him along, but then again, where was Teddy going to get a date?

"Honestly, you half-humans." She shook her head. "We still have skin and sebaceous glands, Nova. See?" She leaned over right into my personal space and stretched her undereye skin. "Dark circles! I look exhausted."

Teddy said something low under his breath.

"What was that?" I said.

"I said you're not the only one," Teddy said. "Is anyone else feeling like this semester's kicking our ass more than last?"

I took a glance around the room. The kyrioi stationed around the edges of the refectory just felt like part of the furniture or something now—not something I really noticed.

"Not just us," Morgan said. "The profs have got to be feeling it too."

I wasn't sure if she was alluding to Wilder in the store the day before, but then she plunged on.

"I mean, what was up with Mantel's class the other day? What d'you think Dean Harlowe wants with her? Is this like that...what's the thing Lattimore mentioned in Human History last semester? The Red Scare? Is Dean Harlowe trying to round up all the subversives so that we'll get off probation?"

"That sounds pretty...sinister," I said. "Plus, Professor Mantel doesn't strike me as a dissenter type. She hasn't really tried to recruit us into an uprising or anything, has she?"

"So far as we know," Morgan said grimly. "I'm just saying, the way they took her out of class the other day was awfully suspicious. Wouldn't be surprised if she started showing dark circles, if you know what I mean." She sipped her tea. "Just kidding, that woman's skin is flawless. I wonder how she does it."

"Do you want to join our spa day, Teddy?" I said, since it seemed like the least we could do. “It’ll help us relax.”

Teddy got a strange look on his face. "A spa day? Seriously?"

I felt weirdly defensive. "Yeah, why not? Morgan's got a whole hoard of stuff."

"No, I'm fine," Teddy said, a little brusquely. "I think I'm going to just go to the library, actually. See you ‘round."

He got up from the table, shouldered his satchel, and left. Morgan frowned.

"Wonder what that's all about. Maybe he doesn't want to insult his manliness with some quality skincare. But you're still down, right?"

I nodded. "Of course."

Fifteen minutes later, we were sprawled out on our dorm room four-poster beds, black gunk spread across our cheeks, noses, and foreheads, and some relatively soothing demon music playing out of what looked like a brass seashell, but what Morgan told me was top-of-the-line demon media technology.

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