Secrets of Alkrose : (Book Two in the Alkrose Academy Series) by K. M. Moronova

Author:K. M. Moronova [Moronova, K. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

27

Terra

“Terra. Wake up.”

I wake from a dreamless sleep and meet Raine’s soft blue eyes.

“Raine? What are you doing?” I sit up and rub my eyes, groggy. It’s still dark out and feels much too early for class. Four weeks at Alkrose is enough to get a schedule computed into your system.

He tosses my white cloak at me and I barely catch it before he mutters, “Arthur’s study is next. Do you have the note?”

I yawn and try to shake the tendrils of drowsiness that tug at my mind. “Yeah, give me a second.” Arthur would likely have told me if he was the one who wrote the note, and I doubt it’s him since he’s the one who sent me looking in the library. Unless this is all some game to him and he’s a sadistic bastard, but I really doubt that’s the case.

I clasp my moon brooch to secure the cloak around my shoulders and turn on my desk lamp as I rummage through the top drawer. The note is tucked between my anatomy and Shadow riding books.

Raine smiles when I hand it to him and we sneak out into the hallway as quietly as we can. The entire tower is silent. The crackling, flickering light of the eternal blue fireplace gives us barely enough luminance to see.

I’m pretty sure Arthur’s study is the first door I passed when Elias took me to his room. We silently make quick work of the staircase, stopping at the first door we reach. Raine presses his head to the wood and listens for a few agonizing minutes.

I’m so tired—between private tutoring with Arthur, classes, finally breaking into the Ekko House and crossing Nekane off the list, and practicing after dinner each night with the boys, I could sleep for an entire year. Not to mention rebuilding my relationship with Finn, avoiding Edgar, and messing around with Elias and, apparently, Arthur. But above all is the stress and lingering dread that each passing day brings us as we inch closer to the second-semester exam.

Ugh.

“There’s no one in there,” Raine whispers and tries the doorknob. To our surprise, the door opens. He glances at me and I nod. We’re already committed to doing this, so we’d better do it quickly.

We slip inside and quietly shut the door behind us. It’s pitch black and I feel around the room until I stub my foot on something and muffle the ow that instinctively comes out of my mouth. My hands fumble upon a lamp a moment later and a dim light illuminates the room.

“Well, this isn’t what I expected,” Raine says a little louder than a whisper.

The room is completely empty, with the exception of the oak desk and a meager lamp in the corner. The room is devoid of dust but there’s nothing in here that would lead me to believe it’s Arthur’s study or that he even uses it.

“I guess he has another office where he keeps his things,” I mumble as I check the two drawers on the desk, both empty.

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