The blue bloods

neared "so poised, so perfe

left for boarding schoo

y he never raised his voice or cut you off?" Ella slammed her fist

tly, rattled by ge

punished m

are

aken until lunch for someone to breath a word to me. Most unexpectedly, it c

d slightly against

er eyes wrinkled upwards in kindness

don't want to sha

of this circles places such

right assumin

my answer, though the curiosity in her electric blue eyes n

tarted walking down the hall. " Really, I didn't t

't make any indication of being uncomfortable. Camilla gave me wry smile at my surprise. "No one unimp

g to play off the half lie.

t convinced. Everyone's parents knew peop

ion that I skipped a grade. The l

pper circles, we had seven years of education. However, when we enroll for elite schools like Y

rvard were basically a gua

d walked through hallways. I was hoping she would taking the hint and leave me a

ave the heart to te

t she looked like Ella, the way sh

e silence betwee

t have all

s "I didn't realize I wa

ed her eyes out of good humor, wav

u wanna grab some lunch with me". Before I could respond, Camilla quickly a

hall anyways but after last week's tour, I wasn't sure about my plan a

too t

r at least, similarly. No one in this building did something without an int

idn't kn

rom her. And that was insider inform

n't really like a crowd"I made up som

as by far the lightest room of the whole academy, taking an elegant vintage but mordern cafe sort of vibe with numerous booths littered to one side, and huge

sections, ignoring the several glances being thrown our way

ged with silver foil paper and all biofrie

ad. "You mean Rosa?, Her whole student cadre voted her out immediately aft

ough the whole thing had been off-putting,

th the wrong people. Or more specifica

my suspicions. This sch

tugged down as I asked a questi

amilla sighed "You

I just grabbed a platter of vegan dragon sushi colored like the rainbow and a thick gr

oth, by the large windows to

ing a bite of get salad " wh

I don't really see the significance of them. B

ondered if perhaps her motive was to

arrow down your id

really

ing me off, "I insist Vesper. Now tell me

don't really

d, "There has to be

liked, Camilla sighed in exasperation, "Fin

n. "Fine, fine Ms. mysterious. How abou

and found that it tasted really

I could have sworn she muttered that but she pe

erything. How did she eliminate fifty

invited to higher cadres. By the way, cadres go by Latin numbers on paper, but you can just

lly, taking in the way her laser focus was s

ed, distracted

I nudged he

self from darting of

ry high up there. That someho

, I trailed off when I look

if the room. She wasn't alone, with a guy just as attractive as she was, walking in front of her, leadin

Camilla, feeling a tour taste on

hemselves", she explained to m

I felt like she

e grand staircases , it was clear th

y when we came, I thou

hat it was off limi

e one?" I asked while realizing Cam

ked at me, breaking from her lon

another cocoa-colored skin girl on her phone, calli

thier time, laughi

aised at Camilla, who was blus

them the b