Shadowspell Academy: The Culling Trials (Book 2) by K.F. Breene & Shannon Mayer
Author:K.F. Breene & Shannon Mayer [Breene, K.F.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Hijinks Ink Publishing
Published: 2019-05-14T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 11
âWhy donât you just admit it?â Pete said with spite in his voice as our crew climbed the stairs after breakfast.
Iâd broken the news about Gregory to everyone this morning. Well, everyone except Orin, who Iâd told last night, and who I was convinced never slept. The news hadnât set well with Pete. Ethan didnât seem to care overmuch, which only made Pete angrier.
âAdmit what?â Ethan said.
âYou ordered a hit on Gregory,â Pete replied. âYou threatened him. We all heard you. You hated him.â
âIf Iâd wanted him gone, I wouldâve gotten him expelled, genius. Hitmen and kidnappers cost money. Framing someone is free and much easier.â
âHeâs got you there,â Orin said.
This discussion had been going on some time, and my mind drifted back to my near miss with the assassin. In the moment, Iâd been incapable of anything but fear, but it had struck me after the fact that Rory and I should have been in plain sight of my stalker. Or as good as. . . Where else would we have gone but the trees? The guy had basically stopped right next to us too. Heâd even turned our way! But thenâ¦nothing. Heâd moved on as soon as my pulse had slowed. He hadnât even stooped to peer into the shadows. It was like heâd been feeling out his preyâmeâand lost the trail as soon as my panic faded. Almost as if Rory had somehow shielded our whereabouts.
âI know it was you,â Pete grumbled, cresting the stairs and turning toward our rooms.
âAwesome. Let me know how that works out for you trying to pin something on me that I didnât do,â Ethan said sarcastically, pulling me out of the residual tremors of fear from the night before.
Wally waited in front of our room, staring at the ceiling as if she could see right through it.
âSheâs like a bad smell,â Ethan said as he brushed by her and opened the door.
âHello, everyone. Ready to get going?â Wally said, as chipper as Iâd seen her. âNicer room, huh? Whereâs Gregory? I didnât see him at breakfast.â
âIâm surprised I didnât see you at breakfast,â Ethan said dryly, stopping by his bed and reaching for a note pinned to his pillow. A quick look around said we all had one, except Gregory.
âOh, I thought it prudent to eat with my roommates like weâre supposed to.â Wally shadowed me to my bed. âYou know, to ease the sting of leaving them high and dry for the trials. They could use my help.â
âAre you serious?â Ethan read the note.
âNot again,â Pete groaned. âIâm tired. When do we get a day off?â
I picked up my copy of the note.
You are hereby summoned. Your next trial awaits. You have one hours.
âNumber one, there is a typo,â I said blandly, not able to summon up the effort to feel outraged. âNumber two, thereâs no time stamp. How are we supposed to know when the hour is up?â
My watch vibrated, and I glanced down at it. The face
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