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.

scanning up the list from the very bottom. After what felt like an eternity, she finally spotted her own name at

Citrine, I made it

been searching forever and I can't find

toward the top of

and when she saw

had to double-check-then triple-check-before she believed

crowd around them, Amelia clapped her hand

here," she whispered, grabbing Citrine's arm

be tugged along, a

outside, away from prying

between us-did

help laughing at

possibly come in first? There's no way you

high," Amelia's face grew serious, worried for her

stared at each other in silence. Then

hand over her heart, looking Amelia

She didn't seem like she was lying. Then she remembered the notebook Citrine had loaned her before. Suddenly, it all made sense-Citrine really was the real

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

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