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“Oh my gods,” Kenzie gushes in a whisper. “Can you believe we’re both keepers? What are the odds of that? This is amazing!” I stare at her hand on my bare wrist until she lets go, offering an apologetic smile. I must not be hiding my dread of going onstage very well because Kenzie grimaces….

Instead, my attention slides back to her hair. And her eyes. They’re like Lillian’s, too—a bright, happy blue. Their personalities seem similar. She’ll probably be so fucking annoying as a roommate, but it feels too much like I’m looking at a younger, taller version of Lillian, so I decide to hold off on the spider…

She skips to the window on my side of the room and tries to throw open the black curtains. When she remembers that I spelled them permanently shut, she gives up and sits next to me, tapping her long, newly manicured nails against the wooden floor. “Are you nervous? Gods, I am so nervous. I…

She’s demanding the answer from me. A small part of me is tempted to flip her the bird to show how little I care about her “high rank” status, but Kenzie is right. I don’t want any attention, so for the next two weeks, I’ll be nothing but a quiet, shy wallflower. “Arcana,” I say…

My breathing doesn’t feel steady, and that all-too-familiar prickle courses over my skin, my neck breaking out into a cold sweat. “You new here, sweetheart?” That draws my attention back to the guy with the bleeding neck standing in front of me. The fae girl has already rejoined the others, and when she shuts the…

MAVEN Lepidoptery is a beautifully morbid hobby. I come to this conclusion after several minutes of staring at the extensive collection of gossamer butterfly wings pinned to the wall behind the faculty member’s desk. He’s been making one-sided small talk the entire time, unaware of my growing appreciation for impaling insect corpses up in such…