Nocturnal: A Dark Academia Monster Romance (Freaks of Nature Duet) by Clio Evans

Author:Clio Evans [Evans, Clio]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-10T00:00:00+00:00

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NORA

My scream was stifled by a hand. Jacob shook his head, making a silent gesture with his hand. “I won’t hurt you,” he whispered. “Come with me.”

I was torn between fighting him and trusting him. But now that I knew monsters were real, I had questions for him. And I felt a little less fooled by him and the other two now.

He released me and I followed him further down the path until he turned around. “What are you doing out here, Nora?”

“I should ask you the same,” I said. “And I left my bicycle at the end of this trail…”

“They exited in a different way,” he sighed. He shook his head as he studied me, his brows pulled together in concern. “I told you not to come into the woods.”

“Why? Because then I would discover one of your secret meetings? None of you are very good at hiding,” I said.

Jacob pressed his lips together. “I never meant to make you feel like a fool. The night of the dinner at Harold’s house…”

“The three of you did make me feel foolish,” I hissed. “But, the longer I stay at this university, the more oddities I have seen. All I can wonder is why? What is it about this place? I have so many questions and no one will answer them.”

“St. Thorn was built over a hill that supposedly belonged to the Sìth,” Jacob said. “Or, fae, as you might know. For centuries, there have been multiple oddities. Deaths that had no explanation. Monsters come into these woods, waiting to kill. Demons, vampires, and more.”

“What does this have to do with The Hunt?” I asked.

“We protect the campus,” he said.

I didn’t believe him. Well, I knew he believed that, but I couldn’t trust that The Hunt had good intentions. Everything was so twisted.

“Well, you do a poor job then,” I said. “The student deaths? The professors? No one seems concerned by it.”

“I am,” he breathed out. “I really am.”

I sighed. I liked Jacob. I felt that in another place, we would have been good friends. “Can I ask you something?”

He gave me a grim expression. “Yes,” he said. “Although I might not be able to answer.”

“If The Hunt were to keep information within a book, would they hide the text?”

He narrowed his eyes on me. “Perhaps.”

I crossed my arms. “Would they perhaps use invisible ink?”

“The answer is moonlight,” he said. “That is all I can say to your theoretical question. Now, may I ask you a question?”

“Yes. Although I might not be able to answer,” I said, turning his own words on him.

“What happened the night of the dinner party?”

Frustration made my muscles stiffen. I didn’t know. It all blurred together. “All I remember is that I went to a hotel the night of the party, and then came to the university to move into the tower the next morning.”

“And what do you recall of the party?”

Not much. I didn’t speak for a moment, trying to think back to that night. “It feels as if nothing has happened.

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