Last Chance Academy by Alex Lidell

Author:Alex Lidell [Lidell, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Danger Bearing Press
Published: 2020-04-30T22:00:00+00:00

19

Sam

Ellis somehow gets us back to campus unnoticed and then deposits me in his room while he changes and goes out to speak with Asher. I wait for the cadre’s wrath to descend upon me for all of a quarter hour before falling asleep in the male’s twin bed. When I wake again, Ellis is back in the room, sleeping on the floor—an arrangement that should make me uncomfortable given that he’s blocking the exit, but finds me too exhausted to care.

By the time I finally wake up for the day—having slept through half of my second liberty day—the sun is high up in the sky and the room is empty once more. I take a moment to notice what I didn’t last night—the bone-spare neatness of the small white-walled space, no clothes or books on any surface, one neatly folded towel on the corner of the desk. Either Ellis came here expecting not to stay long, or he simply has no personal items. Part of me suspects the latter.

By the following morning, however, my life at Talonswood Reform somehow falls back into its normal cadence, as if the night out in the club and woods had never happened. If anything, in fact, Ellis comes at me with even less mercy during morning training and speaks to me equally little at all other times.

What Ellis lacks in words, however, the rest of the Academy makes up for in a buzz of conversation. Someone named Count Victor is coming to inspect the Academy, and apparently, there’s nothing more fitting with which to welcome a member of the Council than a full-on ball. The occasion is grand enough that even Bernadette condescends to talk to me, needing to know which of the three dresses she ordered best showcases her perfect body.

“Why is everyone so wound up around Victor anyway?” I ask, watching the dress unboxing, with slinky green, red, and silver garments spilling like flower vomit over Bernadette’s bed.

“Seriously?” She gives me a look designed to grind cockroaches into the floor. “Victor is one of the most powerful vampires alive. His clan rules Romania and beyond. This little visit might officially be to inspect the Academy, but all the vamps know Victor is looking for fresh strong blood to join his clan.”

I don’t bother pointing out that a powerful vampire seeking to expand his clan is unlikely to pick from a group of demi delinquents. If Bernadette and her cohort want to parade around like peacocks, that’s their prerogative. Me, I’m staying right here and sleeping.

“You can’t,” says Bernadette, making me realize that I said the last part out loud. “The ball is compulsory.” Her glossed lips quirk into a self-satisfied smile, green eyes sparkling with whatever insult she’s about to deliver. “Though being the only one to show up wearing a school uniform might not provide you with the same experience. Too bad there are no witches to fund your expenses, eh?”

Ah, yes. The trusts. I was wondering where my classmates

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