Insidious Secrets (CRIMSON ELITE UNIVERSITY #1) by Zenna Rose EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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LIA
THREE MONTHS EARLIER
There they are.
The university gates are twice as big as I’d imagined. Intricate iron
scrollwork creeps high into the air, up and up and up, culminating in a row
of curled, mist-swathed spikes that look more than capable of impaling
anyone foolish enough to try climbing over them. On either side, an
ancient-looking stone wall towers just as high, garlanded with clusters of
deep green ivy. Even with my nose pressed against the car’s window, I can’t
see where or if it ends—it simply winds away until the fog eclipses it.
The driver kills the engine. “This is as far as I go.”
Wait—what? Is that a joke? I glance over at him in confusion, but
there’s no humor in the lines of his weather-beaten face.
“But the school—”
“Foot traffic only. And for damn good reason.” He opens his door, steps
outside, and continues to ramble as he heads around to the trunk to fetch my
luggage, out of earshot until I climb out of my own seat and into the brisk,
sea-salted air of Crimson Island. Steely waves crash against the slim
peninsula that bridges the school and the mainland. A fall off the edge
would probably be enough to kill even the best of swimmers.
The driver is still grumbling, “…damn slippery rocks. With how the
road tapers, you got about a fifty-fifty chance of plungin’ over the edge if
you try to pull a U-turn. Best bet’s to hit reverse and creep the whole way
back, glancin’ over your shoulder…” He sets my suitcase down hard on the
cracked stone road. “Not paid enough for none of that.”
“Oh,” I say, unable to think of anything else. “That makes sense.”
The driver slants me a strange look from under the rim of his tweed
newsboy cap. “This your first year, young lady?”
“Yes?” That didn’t sound confident at all. “Yes, it is.”
“Huh. Well, best of luck to you—you’re gonna need it.”
Okay, sure. That’s not ominous or anything. “Um… what do you mean,
exactly?”
“Tough place. Kids drop out all the time. Get stupid, get lazy, miss one
too many classes. You gotta be real sharp to keep up at Crimson Elite.”
Right. Of course he’s just talking about academics. Way to dramatize,
Lia.
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