The Hadley Academy for the Improbably Gifted by Conor Grennan

Author:Conor Grennan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2019-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

In Jack’s dream, he was falling. He fell endlessly through darkness, out of control, spinning. He felt nothing but dread. The world was made of it.

But in this dream, he wasn’t Jack. He was the Guardian. This is how it ends, Jack thought.

His eyes snapped opened. He was in his bunk, on Elk Island, in the Watchtower. Freddy’s soft snoring rose from the bunk below him.

But there was another sound too. Jack sat up. His wrist glowed pale yellow in the dark. The band was vibrating. The Dome was calling Team Thirteen.

The door exploded open, splintering as it hit the wall. Voss, shirtless, held up his wrist and pointed to his glowing band. “What’s this supposed to mean?”

An air horn blasted behind him. He spun around to see Asha’s ladybug hovering with a tiny trumpet retracting back inside its shell. It turned and zipped through the air toward the spiraling staircase. Jack jumped from the bunk bed.

“Thirteen! Dressed and downstairs.” Asha shouted up the steps. “Now!”

Freddy popped out of his bunk, colliding with Jack. They pulled on their uniforms like firemen. A minute later they stood on the cold stone ground floor of the Watchtower.

“Let’s go.” Asha unzipped her pack and let her ladybug fly in.

“It’s a mistake.” Freddy’s voice was hoarse from sleep. “We’re not even a team anymore. And the Dome doesn’t run simulations at night.”

“Freddy! Don’t choose now to start thinking logically,” Asha said. “Right now we have to get there before the Dome closes the door. Maybe it changed its mind. Move!”

They ran—through the dark, toward the Dome.

When they arrived, a dim light illuminated the exterior of the Dome. The thirteenth door was open. They stood staring into the darkness.

“Can we even go in if nobody is here?” Jack asked. “Don’t we need to wait for somebody?”

Asha checked her band. “If we wait, the door might close. This is our chance to prove ourselves. We go now.”

They lined up behind Asha. Jack felt a cool rush of air. Then they ran single file into the dark.

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