The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Monday.

The results of Havencrest Preparatory Academy's monthly exams were out.

The school's announcement board was absolutely swamped-three, four rows deep with students craning for a glimpse.

At Primus Academy, every monthly exam was its own kind of trial by fire. The results didn't just mean bragging rights-they could decide whether a student stayed or went. This time of the month always brought a wild swing of emotion: some kids grinned ear to ear, others could barely hold back tears.

Today, more than a few students were sobbing their hearts out.

Citrine and Amelia shoved their way from the outermost edge right into the crowd.

As soon as they made it through, Citrine looked up—and, as luck would have it, her eyes landed right at the top of the rankings.

Citrine Carmichael. Her name blazed in bold at number one.

Class Rank: 1. Total Score: 748.

Just beneath her was Jeanette, in second place with 720.

Then came Alicia, third, with 718.

what felt like an

"Oh my god, Citrine, I made it to 300th! That's a hundred spots higher than last

she blurted, "Wait, where are you? I've been searching forever and I can't find

here." Citrine nodded toward

and when she saw the name, her eyes went wide as

double-check-then triple-check-before she

the packed crowd around them,

out of here," she whispered, grabbing Citrine's

let herself be tugged along, a little

outside, away from prying

between us-did

couldn't help laughing at

possibly come in first? There's no way you could've

high," Amelia's face grew serious, worried

at each other in silence. Then

Amelia straight in the eye. "I swear, I didn't

was lying. Then she remembered the notebook Citrine had loaned

she'd noticed before: Citrine's monthly test scores never seemed to swing much, and her rank

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