The Freshman (Kingmakers) by Sophie Lark

Author:Sophie Lark [Lark, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

17

Dean

Anna is proving hard to crack.

After my early success in throwing a roofie grenade between Leo and Anna, blasting their friendship apart, then capitalizing on Anna’s moment of weakness to kiss her, I thought I’d sealed the deal with our date.

I went all-out. I orchestrated a fucking symphony of romance.

I knew it wouldn’t take long for Leo to realize what a fool he’d been to let her go, so I knew I had to act fast, before he wormed his way back into her good graces.

I spent a week planning it. I studied everything I could about Anna. I quizzed her roommate and her classmates, and I racked my brain for every last bit of information she’d ever let slip, trying to figure out what would be the perfect date.

Her roommate Chay wasn’t helpful. She already doesn’t like me, so she flatly refused to talk about Anna behind her back. Our classmates were even more useless. They don’t know Anna any better than I do. The only people at Kingmakers who could have given me tips are Leo Gallo, who’d rather cut my throat than help me, or maybe Miles Griffin, whose cousins are the only thing he won’t sell for cold, hard cash.

In the end, I did something kind of fucked up.

I broke into her room again and read all her letters from her sister.

I skipped Combat class to do it, knowing that Anna would be occupied. I snuck into her room, and I read all fourteen letters, one for each week we’d been at school.

The letters were a treasure trove of information. I only wished I could see the ones that Anna had written back.

She’d told me that she was closer to her little sister than to almost anyone, and that her sister liked to write. That much was obvious from the letters—they were half-essay, half-diary, long and full of ruminations, descriptions, and reminiscences.

The latter was the most useful part—Cara recalling shared experiences with Anna that I knew I could use to my advantage.

I devoured the letters. It was like watching scenes from Anna’s childhood through her sister’s eyes.

Do you remember when we floated through those caves in Belize? I was claustrophobic and it scared me, floating on the water in the dark. You told me to close my eyes. You said I’d see better that way, using my ears instead. You said we were in the heart of the earth, and there was no safer place to be . . .

I’m scared of everything, and you never seem afraid of anything. Heights, dogs, cemeteries, blood . . .

Watching you be brave makes me feel more brave.

I miss you. Mama and Papa miss you. Even Whelan, though he wouldn’t admit it.

Did I tell you he’s been sneaking into your room just to sit in there? Not even to fuck up your stuff. I guess he does have a heart after all, under all that demon-energy.

Don’t worry, he hasn’t been touching your birds. I’ve been taking care of them, and I don’t let him in the aviary.

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