Wonderland Academy: Book One by Melanie Karsak

Author:Melanie Karsak [Karsak, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clockpunk Press
Published: 2019-08-27T04:00:00+00:00

20

Roses and Thorns in my Side

The hot-spring infused shower was like something out of a dream. Warm water flowed from an opening overhead, cascading like a waterfall over me. I could smell the soft tang of minerals in the water.

When I was in junior high, my mom’s friend, Becca, got married. Mom was a bridesmaid. Becca invited us to join her for a spa day. That was the one and only time I’d ever sat in a sauna or even got a manicure. I’d felt like a princess. As I let the warm water wash over me, trickling down to the stone floor, I relished the same feeling. Our old shower barely had water pressure, half the jets were clogged, and the bathtub didn’t hold water anymore. Being broke sucked. Being in Wonderland was…wonderful.

Was time really passing differently here?

It felt like it.

Steam filled the shower room.

Elissa had gone, a group of girls who’d been at jabberwocky riding filtered in after her, chatting loudly as they got ready for their next class.

My pocket watch sitting on the stoop just outside my shower stall dinged.

Sighing, I turned off the water, grabbed my towel, and got out. I was drying off when I heard the familiar voice of Amber Cerise.

“Yeah, he’s in Necromancy with me,” she was telling someone.

“He’s hot as hell. No guy in Wonderland looks like that,” another girl replied.

“You get his name?”

“Not yet,” Amber replied.

“He’s not really the Wonderland type.”

“No, thank god.”

They both laughed.

“There is no way Her Majesty would approve of someone from Overthere,” Amber’s friend said.

“Who says she has to know? I’d never bring anyone like that home. To bed, yes. Home, no,” Amber said.

Both girls laughed again.

“And you tease Aden for loving all the strays,” the girl chided Amber playfully.

“Aden-the-pleaser. He wants everyone to like him.”

“Well, that’s good, right? I mean, he will be King of Hearts.”

Amber harrumphed. “I know. But he doesn’t have to be nice to everyone. That girl from Overthere… She’s pretty in that Overthere kind of way, but some people just aren’t on our level, Overthere or Wonderland. Aden doesn’t get it.”

“I hate to tell you, but the hot tattooed guy from Overthere is not on your level.”

Amber laughed. “Which will make him all the more fun when I catch him.”

The two girls laughed, then wandered off.

So, a slutty, stuck-up bitch in Wonderland was the same as a slutty, stuck-up bitch back home. No surprise there. Of course, in this case, Amber was a princess, and not the Disney variety. So, a slutty, stuck-up bitch princess. Lovely.

I had always done a good job steering clear of girls like her back home. I sure as hell wanted nothing to do with someone like that here.

Frowning, I dried off and started redressing. It disgusted me to hear her talk about Corbin like that. Okay, he was rough around the edges, but he was a nice guy. And he’d been thoughtful enough to show me the unicorns. And the jabberwocky had liked him. That meant something, right? Her level.

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