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Ben sweeps me up a few staircases, away from the rest of the boys, and he really does take a minute to show me the incredible library that takes up a large portion of the top floor – presumably on the other side of our rooms. I gape around at it in complete awe.
I mean – we have a pretty impressive library in the palace – but this? The arching ceilings are almost entirely made of glass, like the entire space was once one giant. greenhouse or something. The stacks are all tall and white, reaching so high I can’t believe they don’t topple over, with these gorgeous brass ladders steepled all over them.
Obviously, all I want to do for the rest of the day is wander around picking out a stack of books and sinking onto one of the plush velvet chairs with them, but Ben laughs, leading me away to my chemistry classroom with plenty of time to spare.
As we walk, I smile at him even as he glances at his map, trying to find the right halls. Because as much as I know he’s dying to ask me what’s going on with Luca, he’s also sensing that it’s somehow private, and that I’m not ready to go there yet.
Unlike Jesse, who I know will tease me mercilessly and press me for details the moment he gets a chance, Ben lets me have my space.
And so as we arrive at the door to my class, I take a minute to bump my shoulder into his what I’m coming to learn is the manly version of a big hug. “Thanks,
Ben.”
“Anytime, Ari,” he says, grinning at me. And by the crinkle around his eyes, I can tell that he understands that I’m thanking for him for more than the escort. “Good luck in there,” he says, nodding towards the classroom.
I bump him again, and he grins at me before heading down the hall.
When I step inside, I’m surprised both by the smallness of the classroom and by the fact that I’m….
Alone.
I stay perfectly still for a second, the two boys who are already in the class turning to look at me.
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I mean, it’s not that I’ve never been alone before…
But, I mean, have I?
I have spent my entire life in the company of my family, watched and guarded. Even when I’d go to sleepovers they’d send a guard or two along to stand outside of the house.
But now…
bored voice
room.
hit me or anything. I was
front of the room, putting his book down on the black desk at the front,
liking him instantly – I don’t know why. Nothing about him screams nice, but…I
“Staying,” I say. “Sorry,” I apologize, coming into the room more fully
professor nods and looks down at his book, flipping
—
to do. I mean I recognize the two other cadets already in the room, and the five more who filter in after. They were all candidates with
and Jesse,
did do a good job of isolating me away
idea who any of these
shut, twisting the lock and striding back for the front of the room, all business. “Welcome
little at us, not unkindly, and then launches into
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be expected to learn in a very short amount of time. I jump when he takes a textbook from below the
this course. I will expect you to be proficient in all of the information contained within this text by
break? We….we
succeed…” he says, his voice slowing now as he looks around
breathe in
slowly at all of us, and the other students all flinch and begin to murmur. I look
forgotten all about those
“In case some of you are unaware,” he says, his voice dry, “which is…frankly abundantly clear from some of your expressions, Alpha Academy cuts a further 40% of its
pale.
40%!?
explain to you,” Neumann continues, “is that Espionage cuts on top of that. If you pass the Examination but fail your Chemistry exam? You’re out. The rates for continuing in Espionage are the most competitive in the school, which I believe
pauses to consider, perhaps doing
between two and three of
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he says with a bored sigh, “there is no reason why all eight of you could not make it if you were the most spectacular incoming group of young cadets the school has ever seen. I would just…not expect it
each of us in the eye, and I don’t miss it when he
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to study with me. You will be examined in your other affinities as well and will be required to pass those examinations too. You will also need to be fit enough to pass the
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