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i stared up at the dock hours of west overhaul
nothing good
i guessed
people doors groaned open and the three of us stepped into the entry hall and a
swirl of snow
all i could say was wall
the police was huge
the walls were lined with battle flags and weapon displays antique rivals
battle axes and a bunch of other stuff i mean by new westover was a military
school and all but the decorations seem like overkill
literally
my hand went to my pocket or it kept my lethal ballpoint pen red tide
i could already sensed something wrong in this place something dangerous
haley was rubbing her silver bracelet
her favorite magic item
i knew we were thinking the same thing
client
was coming
and that started to say
i wonder where
the door slams shut behind us
old kade
on mobile
guests will stay awhile
i could hear music echoing from the other end of the hall it sounded like
dance music
we stashed a rover night bags behind a pillar and started down the hall
we hadn't gone very far when i heard footsteps on the stone floor and the men
and women marched out of the shadows to intercept us
they both had short gray hair and black military style uniforms with red tram
the woman had a wispy mustache and the guy was clean shaven would seem kind of
backward in me
they both walk stiffly lekin broomsticks tape to their spines
well
the woman demanded
what are you doing here
uh...
and realized i hadn't planned for this
i've been so focused on getting to grover and finding out what was wrong
high hadn't considered that someone might question three kids sneaking into
the school at night
we hadn't talked at all in the car about how we would get inside
i said
mam or just
huh
demand snapped which made me jump
visitors are not allowed busy dents
you should be he said to b
he had an accident
french maybe
he pronounced is g_-eight like in shock
he was tall with a hawkish face
his nostrils flared when he spoke which made it was really hard not to stare at
his nose and his eyes were two different colors one brown one below like an alley
cats
i figured he was about to toss ascent