The Awakening by H. D. Gordon

Author:H. D. Gordon [Gordon, H. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-20T06:00:00+00:00

It was an effort to keep my jaw from hanging open.

The stupid black box had matched me with Agnes Buttsworth.

Of the one hundred and twenty seven other gold level students, I had to get Agnes. If there was a single event that could epitomize and sum up my luck, this was it.

Agnes looked about as pleased about this news as I was. But, apparently, the pairing was final. There was no option to redo or switch partners. So she shoved her way through the crowd until she was standing beside me. She glanced at me with narrowed eyes and folded her large arms over her chest.

I suppressed a sigh. This was going to be great.

Of course, Roo got matched with a sweet-looking student with a cloak she seemed to drown in.

Once all the pairs were made, the Headmistress raised her hand once more, and silence fell again.

The grandfather clock struck eight o’clock, the chime loud and stately, and I watched in amazement as the base of it opened up. An enchanted gargoyle-like creature flew out of it, roared an adorable little roar, and retreated back into the base of the clock.

“Go,” said Headmistress Talia, and people began to speed-walk toward the exits, heads huddled together in pairs as they went over the scrolls they were given with the first clue.

Agnes stared at me in hostile silence, arms still crossed tightly over her chest.

“Right,” I said, and unfurled the scroll the Headmistress had handed me when Agnes and I had been paired. “I guess we should get started.

Agnes said nothing, only snatched the scroll from my hand and scanned the writing. I resisted the urge to comment upon my surprise that she could read. Getting my face punched in was probably not the best way to start off the Hunt.

Agnes grunted and shoved the scroll back into my hands, before striding out of the ballroom, leaving me to follow.

It was going to be a fun night.

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