The Final Exam (Tanglewood University Book 3) by Skye Warren

Author:Skye Warren [Warren, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2025-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Fallout Central

I wake up with a start, the early morning light filtering through the grimy window of my dorm room. My heart hammers in my chest as fragments of last night’s events come rushing back.

The forest, the witches, Brandon. A nightmare.

I sit up, my breath coming in quick gasps, and scan the room. Daisy’s bed is still empty. I’m guessing she stayed the night with Mary, because she wasn’t here when I went to bed.

Which is just as well.

I’d have had to tell her the truth. She would have seen the tragedy on my face, anyway. So better that she slept another night thinking she still had an education, room and board, an entire future ahead of her.

I swing my legs out of bed, the cold floor sending a shiver up my spine. Bracing myself, I pad over to the window, peering out at the campus below. There’s a vibrant energy in the air, a vague sense of commotion. Students are gathered in small clusters, their heads bent together, whispering.

The news is breaking.

I pull on a hoodie over my pajamas, not bothering to change, and slip out of my room, the hallway eerily quiet. The usual chatter of back-and-forth students is absent, replaced by a tense hum. I make my way toward the common room.

As I walk, the murmur of voices grows louder.

I round the corner and freeze. The common area is filled with students, their faces etched with worry and fear. They huddle together, their eyes darting around the room, their voices hushed.

I step out into the hallway, the din of voices growing louder. Students cluster in tight groups, their faces flushed with excitement and worry.

Lorelei, our usually stern resident advisor, is at the center of it all, her voice brisk and commanding as she tries to restore order. “Everyone, calm down,” she snaps, her eyes scanning the crowd. “There are too many people here. It’s against the fire code. Some of you go back to your rooms.”

Her words do little to quell the chaos. The air is electric, buzzing with an energy that’s almost palpable. I push my way through the throng, catching snippets of conversation.

“Did you see the post?”

“Can you believe it?”

“What’s going to happen now?”

I spot a girl I recognize from my Latin class, her eyes wide as she stares at her phone. I tap her shoulder. “What’s going on?”

“Tanglewood Tea just dropped a major exposé. It’s all about Luca Andini and the Shakespeare Society. It’s...it’s huge.”

She shoves her phone in my face, and I allow myself to take it, handling the piece of metal as if it’s a live snake. It’s opened to a series of social media posts that contain text instead of images.

It’s all there, in stark black and white. The corruption, the bribes, the manipulation. Will this be enough to bring them down for good?

Or will they find a way to spin this, to twist it to their advantage?

I hand the phone back, my mind racing. Lorelei is still trying to herd everyone back into their rooms, her voice growing hoarse with the effort.

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