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Raven
The gym wasa buzz of conversation as we all waited to hear what was in store for us. Last time we’d gone through this, we waited in the locker rooms with our groups. This time all of the students taking the trials were here together.
I stood next to my mates, the five of us in a close huddle. Several other small groups had formed, like us, they had planned to do this together. While people like Violet were thrilled to be away from the confines of their group, not everyone felt that way.
“Hey, don’t tell me you’re going to just stand guard around my girl the rest of the day,” Makayla’s voice came from behind me.
I turned to see her standing with her hands on her hips. “You know, not everyone is out to hurt her.”
“Habit,” Ben said, taking a step back.
They really were surrounding me like I was a prized possession. I suppose I didn’t blame them. While I knew they trusted me to take care of myself, we’d been through a lot together and I could see why they were nervous.
“You ready?” I asked Makayla.
“Hell, yes,” she said. “What could the school board really throw at us?”
“Last time the school board was in charge of running a trials, two students died,” Zach said.
I glared at him. “That is not the kind of news we need to hear minutes before starting the trials.”
“Hey, she asked,” he said.
“Sometimes keeping that to yourself isn’t a bad idea,” Luka said.
“How many died last time the school hosted a trials?” Matt asked.
“None if you count the fake one that was designed just to kill us,” Ben said.
“True,” Matt said.
“Last year one student died,” Zach said. “So I guess there’s risk no matter what.”
“Good thing I had two visits to confinement,” I said under my breath. The rumors about confinement leading to early deaths had been circling my mind a lot lately.
“You’re going to be fine,” Makayla said. “You took out two scary fae. I mean, who else can say that?”
“Actually, they did most of the work,” I said, looking at my mates.
“We did it together,” Ben said.
“And the last one wasn’t that big of a deal,” I said.
“Still better than most of the students here could do,” she said.
“Wait a minute.” I nudged Makayla with my elbow. “Why aren’t you freaked out about all this?”
“Cause I don’t have to work with my group,” she said. “They were going to get me killed. All I have to do is keep myself alive. That I can handle.”
I frowned. “I liked my group.”
“We can’t all be as lucky as you,” she said.
“Hey, babe.” Remi walked over to us and wrapped his arm around Makayla. Her face went beet red.
“Hi guys, Raven,” Remi said.
