Shadow Academy by Jamie Campbell

Author:Jamie Campbell [Campbell, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

I think my jaw might have been hanging open. I also think my pupils dilated from fear. I definitely wanted to run away and never look back.

Unfortunately, I had heard Cress correctly and now she was waiting for a response. Was I a good enough actress to deny her accusation fiercely enough to be believable? I thought I might have been good enough so people wouldn’t question me to begin with.

Looking at Cress’s curious face, I didn’t know what to do. Confessing she was right was a death sentence. She could probably use the ten thousand dollars like everyone else.

“It’s okay if you are,” she continued to fill in the growing silence lingering in the air. “I’m not going to turn you in.”

That was fine for her to say, but she could be a far better actress than I was and be lying. After all, wouldn’t someone say that if they wanted to coax a confession out of someone?

My life was on the line. I really wanted to trust Cress but I’d only known her for four days and I wasn’t sure if that was enough to fully trust her with the biggest secret of my life.

I tried to listen to my instincts. Part of being a witch was listening to that inner voice called intuition. Witches placed a lot of emphasis on it. I had no magic but I was raised by a witch and warlock who were always pausing to listen to the voice in their head.

My instincts said that Cress wouldn’t rat me out. However, that could have just been wishful thinking. I didn’t know how to tell the difference.

In the end, I didn’t know what was the right thing to do. But lying felt worse than telling the truth in that moment.

“What gave me away?” I asked.

“Dinner that first night we met,” she replied. “When you lie, you have this tick in your right eyebrow. It’s not obvious, but I saw it.”

Apparently I was the worst actress and liar imaginable. “How come you haven’t turned me in? You’re required to by law.”

Great, Eden, remind her she was committing a crime by not reporting you.

“Because I don’t believe non-supernaturals are dangerous. I think they should be given a chance to live in our community.” She smiled and then frowned. “You aren’t planning on exposing the supernatural community, are you?”

“Of course not. My family are all witches, why would I want anything to happen to them? And to you and your family too? I don’t want to hurt anyone,” I said honestly.

I didn’t really realize until that moment how absurd the whole roach thing was. I mean, just because I couldn’t be a witch, didn’t mean I wanted everyone else to be exposed. The council had some seriously messed up thoughts on the whole thing.

Cress took my hands in hers and looked pointedly into my eyes. “I trust you. I’m not like all those haters. I had an uncle that was a non-supernatural. He started at the academy and nobody ever saw him again.

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