Sauter (Ironside Academy Book 3) by Washington Jane

Author:Washington, Jane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

12

The Two Sides Of Torture

Kilian couldn’t sleep.

He tossed the covers from his lap and sat up on the couch, stretching out the kinks in his neck. He glanced toward the bed where Isobel was curled onto her side, her limp arm reaching across the mattress in his direction. She had tossed and turned for a while before finally succumbing to sleep, her subtle scent clawing across the room and begging him to crawl into bed beside her.

She smelled distressed, but also dizzyingly, delicately happy, and he wasn’t sure which note in her perfume drew him in the hardest.

No, it was the delicate, airy sweetness. That was his favourite.

He pulled out his phone, staring at the dull reflection of moonlight across his screen before he finally tapped it and brought up the secure messaging app.

Kilian: Anyone awake?

He could have called a group meeting, but it wasn’t a good idea to mess with the cameras too much when Isobel was in the dorm. They would be watching too closely. It was safer to talk over text.

Mikel’s response came first, which was hardly surprising. He slept with his phone on a table right beside his head, the volume turned up as loud as possible, always worried that one of them would get into trouble.

In all fairness … they often got into trouble.

Mikel (admin): Are you okay?

Kilian: I’m fine.

He fiddled with the worn buttons along the side of his phone, waiting for someone to have something to say.

Mikel (admin): Isobel okay?

Kilian: She’s asleep. She was exhausted.

Theodore: I’m awake.

Moses: Awake now.

Cian: What’s on your mind, Kili?

Oscar: Awake.

Niko: mup

Niko: mop

Niko: up

Theodore: Niko is up.

Niko: Ye

Niko: p

Kalen (admin): Is this about Eve again?

Oscar is typing …

Oscar has been muted.

Kilian: … yeah.

Moses: Pretty sure I just heard Oscar’s door open. He’s already worked up after Carter came out of the shower smelling like … well, you know.

Elijah: Gabriel, lock your door.

Gabriel: What?

Gabriel: I always lock my door.

Gabriel: Who the fuck is banging on my door?

Gabriel: Wait … reading the other messages.

Moses: What does this have to do with Gabriel?

Theodore: Why am I always the last person to know everything?

Kilian: Guys.

Kalen (admin): Mikel?

Mikel (admin): On it.

Niko: Jesus Christ. Honestly. What happened now?

Elijah: I thought we all knew.

Niko: That Carter was touching herself in the shower? Yeah. We might be dumber than you, but we have these things called NOSES.

Elijah: That Gabriel was responsible.

Niko: Say what now?

Moses: I just heard Theo’s door.

Kilian: Guys.

Kilian: You’re going to wake her up.

Kilian: Please.

Mikel (admin): I think everyone should be nicer to Oscar. He’s a good guy, really.

Moses: Hey Oscar.

Mikel (admin): Hey dude.

Moses: Where is Mikki?

Kilian’s vision of the screen began to blur, his heart pounding for no reason at all. He quickly blinked through the haze, tipping his head back against the couch and counting slowly to ten as the phone kept vibrating in his palm.

On the bed, Isobel’s forehead scrunched up in a tight wince, like the giant ball of anxiety he had almost choked on was trying to climb into her while she slept.

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