Chapter 81

• Our first period's Calculus. All around me, students drag their feet as they settle in, faces worn.
• When a tingle rushes down my spine, I look up to see Emmaline making her way in. She's the only one who seems alert.
• Too alert, it looks like. She's jumpier than usual and there are shadows beneath her eyes. Through the rush of students, she makes her way to her designated seat, bumping into a boy in the process. He draws back, pissed, and lashes words I can't hear at her.