Scion of Midnight (Daizlei Academy Book 2) by Kel Carpenter

Author:Kel Carpenter [Carpenter, Kel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kel Carpenter
Published: 2017-06-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 22

“Who crapped in your coco puffs?” Amber said crudely.

I rolled my eyes and took another bite of toast. Two days had passed since I’d done a number on Lucas, while I stewed and decided how I was going to handle this situation.

The month was halfway over, and we were growing more divided by the day.

“Don’t start with me,” I said around a mouthful of cereal.

She raised her eyebrows, swirling her coffee in its mug. “Touchy today, I see.”

“Then keep your mouth shut and mind your own business,” I said.

Amusement flitted across her features until there was a thunk under the table.

“Hey, what’s your—” she said to Blair, whose gaze flicked between Lucas and me.

Realization dawned on Amber as her mouth snapped shut. She stared at her coffee like it was the most fascinating thing, never mind the insane bruising on Lucas’s face or that one of his eyes was swollen shut.

Unable to stand the tension any longer, I left my half-eaten cereal and exited the room. I took the stairs two at a time on my way up to the simulator. Vonlowsky was lounging against his desk, staring into the psych-ward lookalike room.

“Am I interrupting something?”

He bristled at my comment, but let his scowl speak for itself. “And here I thought you were taking this more seriously after—”

“I am. Don’t get your knickers in a twist—or whatever you call them,” I said quickly before he got pissed again. The last thing I needed was one of his ‘motivational speeches.’

“You are doing better. You’ve seemed less distracted this week. That mindset will serve you well in the field,” he said. This was high praise coming from the man who referred to my telekinetic abilities like they were some parlor trick.

“Speaking of the field, when’s the next elimination?” I asked. Unlike Blair, I didn’t try to schmooze my way into getting information, and I wasn’t waiting around for Johanna to tell me the day before again. Not if I could help it. Brute force always appealed the most; I didn’t have the patience to beat around the bush.

“Now that my simulator is fixed, soon,” he said ambiguously. His eyes cut across the room, narrowing on me with suspicion. They may have covered for me, but Vonlowsky wasn’t a fool. Ceilings don’t just collapse, because bathrooms don’t just blow up. Yet between me and Alexandra, that was exactly what had happened.

I rolled my eyes. There wasn’t much else to say. Vonlowsky wasn’t much of a talker, and I preferred the silence. I had enough drama going on in my life right now without picking a fight with him.

A dark shadow crossed in front of me, and my mood plummeted again with the reminder of Lucas.

“All right, you know the drill. Everyone in the simulator,” Vonlowsky said as people came through the hidden staircase.

Feet shuffled as they groggily entered the simulator, but the tension was thick.

Alexandra was hurt by something beyond my understanding. Blair wouldn’t tell me what. Lucas was being a douche. Everything came back to one person—Aaron, and whatever he’d done that had made everyone hate me.

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