Tora (The Tora Trilogy Book 1) by Lucy Nichols

Author:Lucy Nichols [Nichols, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-24T06:00:00+00:00

Five

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Students piled into a large cafeteria that smelt like meatballs. Eva was queued up behind Ariana who had her eyes on the prize. But Eva wasn’t really paying attention. Her focus was on was the wafting smell of food. She usually wasn’t into camp quality food. But after she’d escaped the intense boring of her education, she needed something to satisfy her hunger. And right now she had quite the appetite.

“Salad or no salad.” One canteen lady said in a raspy voice that grated on Eva’s nerves as she slid her tray along the rails. “Scrambled egg or no scrambled egg.” The crisp burnt blonde haired woman’s voice was dry and croaky and her smile lingered for no more than moment. “Want a meatball? You look like you could do with some muscle.” She burst into hysterical laughter. She was clearly trying to be amusing, but Eva didn’t find it very funny. When the woman realised she was the only one laughing, she cleared her throat loudly and let her voice drown in the loud bustling cafeteria.

Just as Eva was collecting her cutlery, napkins and began to steer away from the serving counter did she realise exactly how busy and lively this place was.

She felt a tap on her shoulder and came face to face with a tall, skinny dark haired girl with tanned legs that stretched for decades.

“Oh, hey Eva.” She said when Eva turned to her. Her waning interest gave Eva the idea that she instantly didn’t like her and all she sought after was attention.

“Hi, sorry I don’t recognise you.” Eva replied sheepishly, trying to smile. But the girl stood at least a foot taller than her, so her chances of an equal footing were unlikely.

“Of course you don’t, I’m Taya.” She said in that silky voice of hers. “I’ve heard all about you.” Her eyes were an odd shade of blue, almost white. For a moment, they narrowed and returned quickly back to how they were. But she could have sworn she saw flecks of red!

When an awkward silence past between them, Taya said in a quiet voice, “I’m sure we’ll get along just fine.” Leaving the sentence hanging, she pushed past Eva and sat down beside Daniel and Drake at the popular table.

Wow. What was that girl’s problem?

She wasn’t exactly sure where she should head next. Long tables were almost completely filled. As she began to wonder where Ariana was, she nudged her on the shoulder.

“Head over there before someone else takes it.” Ariana pointed towards a large arched window over the eastern side of the room where Eva spotted a few of her classmates. Ariana led Eva through the isles over towards a bay window where a string of black and white bunting hung awkwardly over the glass.

“Hey Eva.” A voice belonging to someone sitting next to her said. She hadn’t even noticed until she whipped her head around and saw it was. Avan.

He looked glum, but resoundingly sharp at the same time. In the baby lighting, his skin looked a little paler than it had been in the dim peaky classroom.

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