Thornwood Academy: Live To Tell by Swallow LJ
Author:Swallow, LJ
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emu House Publishing
Published: 2023-11-21T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 25
ROWAN
I make another note of timestamps in the footage from the USB ready to show Violet, hoping sheâs deciphered something useful in the diary to help. Iâd expected Violet to come over last night and inspect my work, but just me and Leif worked through everything. Her message asking if weâre both okay almost had me rushing over, but when she later responded sheâs fine, I backed off.
Violet wasnât wrong about the mundanity of this girlâs life. Many of the clips are Madison and the same two girls who Julius mentioned, camera often focused on their three faces, with wherever they visited in the backgroundâmalls, classrooms at their academy, and evenings out where the alcohol fueled the giggling further.
Seems Madison downloaded everything from a phoneâJulius never found that. She would have had it with her at the dance, I suppose, so no footage from that night.
Although there arenât any dates attached, the changes in season as the clips progress tell me the footage covers a couple of years in Madisonâs life. Thereâs a guy named Archie in some of the earlier clips, who seems close to Madison, but he disappears after a few months. A failed relationship thatâs too old to link to the murder? I note timestamps of the places heâs clearly visible anyway.
Madison and her two friends are tight knitâexclusive but not in a bitchy way. Theyâre witches who keep to themselves, a mini-coven and a trio who are in every part of each otherâs lives. If Madison is as powerful as Julius and his family claim, thereâs no evidence, even in the classroom footage, because she isnât studious. But as I know, showing everybody how potent your magic is isnât always the best idea.
Somebody rounds the bookshelves that act as our barrier against the academy, and I look up, ready to speak.
Mrs. Eldridge, carrying a stack of large books held against the green sweater embroidered with leaves that she often wears. I stand, offering to help her but she refuses.
The comfortable relationship weâve built over the years due to my often hiding and studying in the library left us the moment we met in the artifacts room. The woman whoâs helped me locate books and information kept something important from me, even when I specifically asked.
And she doesnât usually approach me.
âRowan,â she says evenly, not dropping her new officiousness.
âHello, Mrs. Eldridge,â I reply with stiff politeness.
The librarian places the books on the desk with a thud. âI hear that Julius spoke to you about his sister.â
Oh? How much has Julius told his âuseful person to knowâ. âHe has. Do you have anything to add that could help us?â I point at the books.
âThese? Theyâre just books Iâm shelving. Human.â She turns them to show the spines. Literary books bound in black leather.
âDo you know anything that could help us?â I repeat. âHow involved are you in his research?â
And with him. Sheâs older than Juliusânot that Iâm judgingâbut too young to match Madisonâs age and place her at the academy around the same time.
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