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10
Raven
The bell rang justwhen I made my way into the main hallway and I was surrounded by students all moving at once. I grabbed someone’s shirt. “Hey, what period are we in?”
The student, a red-head with her hair pulled into two low pigtails squinted at me as if I was speaking a different language.
“I was in confinement,” I said. “What period are we in now?”
She scrunched up her face and tugged her arm away from me as if my time in confinement might rub off on her. “Just finished lunch.”
“Thank you,” I said, not waiting for her to respond.
I pushed my way through the masses toward the cafeteria. It was already empty when I arrived.Fuck.
I could either go to my next class or try to hunt down all my mates and Makayla to make sure they were all safe. Considering I just spent the last couple of hours in confinement, I figured I should probably go to class.
That’s when I remembered that my backpack was in the locker room still. I frowned. I did not want to go back there right now.
Worse, I realized my next class was supposed to be independent study with Professor Halifax. But Professor Halifax was currently in jail and there was a new fae here. And I was pretty sure she hated me already.
For a moment, I stood near the doors to the cafeteria, contemplating just going back to my room. Could I get away with just saying I was sick? What would they do if I just spent the rest of the day in there alone?
I ran a hand through my hair, feeling frustrated at the whole world. It wasn’t like it would fix anything. Going to my room just meant I’d overthink the whole situation and probably not come up with any solutions. And I’d likely still end up having to deal with my independent study tomorrow.
None of my choices were good so I might as well get this over with. Hoping Professor Flora didn’t care that my backpack was MIA, I headed toward her classroom.
As I neared her door, a familiar face greeted me. My heart fluttered and a rush of joy filled my chest. Matt was waiting outside of the Spellcasting room door. At least I knew one of them was safe. “I am so glad to see you.”
He grabbed my hand as soon as I reached him and pulled me closer to him. “I heard you were in confinement. Are you okay?”
My shoulders dropped at his concern. He looked really worried and I could feel his tension. It was heavy and dark.
“I’m fine,” I said. “I wasn’t in there very long. I’m so glad you’re alright. Did you hear about Violet?”
He nodded.
Now it was my turn to have all of my emotions go to a dark and stormy place. “It was my fault. I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone.”
“Don’t do that to yourself,” he said. “You’re not the one who hurt her.Hemade that choice and that makeshimthe bad guy, not you.”
I nodded, only half believing him.
“It’s going to be fine. We’ll figure it out together,” he said.
I swallowed over a lump in my throat. That wasn’t going to happen. Whatever this was, I was going to figure it out on my own. “We should go in and get this over with.”
He took a deep breath. “I almost didn’t come since Professor Halifax is gone but no way was I going to leave you alone with her.”
“Thanks,” I said. “Maybe she’ll just send us away?”
“That would be nice,” Matt said. “You and I haven’t had any solo time in a while.”
I smiled at him. Rolling around in-between the sheets sounded like exactly the kind of stress relief I needed right now. But first we had to get out of this class. “You ready?”
Squaring my shoulders, I opened the door and walked in, Matt right behind me.
“You’re late,” Professor Flora called.
