See All Evil by Majanka Verstraete

Author:Majanka Verstraete [Verstraete, Majanka]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 50988830
Publisher: Whimsical Press
Published: 2020-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“We should get going,” Christian said, without bothering to elaborate on Cassie’s last sentence. “It’s almost four o’clock, and you know the Testing House waits for no one.”

“You can’t take her there without knowing for sure what she is,” Cassie protested. “How else are you going to figure out what she has to face inside the Testing House?”

They seemed to be talking utter gibberish. “What is the Testing House?”

Alec got up from his seat and walked toward me, putting an arm over my shoulders. I was as uncomfortable as a fish on land, but I was too scared to shrug him off. And of all of them, Alec at least seemed the least scary one. “You don’t just get to enter the Academy without having to complete a test first. Once you’ve joined the Academy, you’ll realize life there is nothing but tests, trust me. You thought high school was hard? It’s about to get a lot worse.”

Cassie and Christian also got up from the booth. Even if Cassie had hidden a whole part of herself from me, she wouldn’t let me get killed. Not by these idiots, not by some stupid Testing House. No, we were best friends. Sisters. She wouldn’t let them hurt me…

Except I was starting to have some doubts. What could Cassie really do? In the grand scope of things, sirens didn’t sound as scary as a supernatural team comprised of vampires, necromancers, warlocks and demons. Even with Cass helping me, chances to escape were minimal, if not non-existent.

“All new invitees to the Academy have to complete a test. Do you know that creepy house in your town that all kids are afraid of and all neighbors claim is haunted?” Alec asked.

Instantly, a house popped into mind. Three blocks from where I lived was a run-down, derelict building with a creepy vibe. Whenever I had to walk past it, I always quickened my pace, as if lingering too long in front of the house could summon the ghosts from the past. All neighbors claimed the house was haunted even though, as far as I knew, no one had ever lived in the house, let alone died in it.

“Yes…” I replied reluctantly.

“Well…” Alec gently shoved me further to the back of the diner, away from the spot where Alfred’s body lay. “That is the Testing House. Every town has one. Nobody pays much attention to it, which is perfectly fine. From that house, you can access the Academy directly.”

“It acts like a passageway,” Christian explained while he stood next to Alec and me. “The first time you enter, the Testing House challenges you. To see if you’re worthy. If the house deems you worthy, and after your test, the house will allow you to travel the Academy just by unlocking the front door.”

“So, if you survive the Testing House once, you get free lifetime access,” Alec recapped what the demon had just explained. He sounded as thrilled as if he’d announced we were going to the fair or the circus rather than to the creepiest house in town.

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