Riot Act (Crooked Sinners)

by Callie Hart

On the short ride up the mountain to the academy, everything is back to normal. We bait each other and rile each other up, pushing as many of each other’s buttons as possible before we hit the school’s extra-long, narrow driveway. Once we pull up in front of the grand, gothic masterpiece of a building, everything changes. Elodie and Carrie are waiting for us at the top of the school’s steps. Both of them. They look so happy to see my friends that a body-wide shudder travels from the soles of my feet to the crown of my head. I’ve never seen anything so pathetic in all of my life. Wren smiles when he gets out of the backseat and Elodie jumps into his arms. Sitting next to me in the front passenger seat, Dash has the sense not to do or say anything that might make me puke all over myself…until he gets out of the car and Carrie folds herself neatly into his arms. He kisses the top of her head,

This will be commited to memory FOREVER