Almost Dead (Blackwell Academy Book 1) by Rae Hendricks

Author:Rae Hendricks [Hendricks, Rae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hydra Productions Online LLC
Published: 2019-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

15

Up In the Air

Anastasia

"Anastasia."

I couldn't tell if I was asleep or awake when I heard it. I think I was in that strange in between state where you can't seem to get back to either no matter how hard you try. I felt the need to toss and turn and scream, but my body was paralyzed. It was worse than being in a coma; between living and dead. That was much more peaceful.

"Anastasia."

It sounded loud and clear this time, but I couldn't place the voice. It was more like the wind itself was calling me. My eyes flew open, and I went from frozen in my bed to jumping out of it like I was compelled to follow the sound of the voice. I went to the window, which was cracked open just the way I did it at home, and I could tell the voice was coming from out there and not inside the dorm.

I hadn't been told anything about a curfew, but I doubted it was A-Okay to be skulking around the campus this late at night. Though, I couldn't ignore it. It could have been the voice of someone long past trying to lead me to something important; a clue about the death I was still being accused of. Maybe not by the staff, but the students were making it clear that they thought I did it. I was guilty without a trial, and the fact that we had fought the night before he was found was the only evidence that mattered.

There were only two people who had yet to judge me, and they were polar opposites. I hadn't even mentioned to Charlotte yet about all the time I spent with Desmond. The pool was the closest we had gotten to each other physically, but my cheek still felt his touch as if he had branded me. I didn't know when I’d turned into some boy crazy teenage girl, but he was on my mind always. I just didn't know how to reconcile who Charlotte believed he was with the boy I was seeing when we were alone. I had seen him on campus with other girls, but even though it hurt me to see, he owed me nothing. And I never saw him kissing or holding hands with anyone like they were in a relationship. I was trying not to be too quick to draw conclusions.

"Anastasia."

I slipped a black maxi dress over my pajama set, opting for quick rather than stylish as I dared to follow the voice to wherever it led me.

I tiptoed down the halls as quietly as I could, forgetting how big the campus was until I made it outside and had to figure out where to follow the voice to. It seemed to come from everywhere. And at night, it looked even larger, more like a maze as I tried to recognize all those places I still didn't even know by heart during the day.

I closed my eyes and took some deep breaths in, simply listening to the voice.

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