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"Let’s start over," I said, and held out a hand "My name is Renée"

Eleanor smiled "It’s nice to meet you" She held up a tan shirt with ruffles on the collar "This is so vintage Do you reat with h "Sure So how did you know all that stuff about me?"

"It wasn’t hard My brother, Brandon, is on the Board of Monitors He’s a senior, and practically the headmistress’s pet When I found out I had a roommate, I asked him to look in your file and relay the details He’s not supposed to, but he’d do anything for me"

It didn’t sound that easy Actually, it sounded like a lot of work for infor h the clothes inthem up to her body

"Eleanor, how coavefor me to ask "Now that’s a question that’s not so easy to answer"

CHAPTER 3

The Awakening

HER NAME WAS CASSANDRA MILLET THAT WAS all I was able to find out about Eleanor’s old roo of church bells Eleanor suddenly looked distraught "Is it six o’clock already? We have to go!"

"Go where?"

"Fall Awakening, of course Co?"

Instead of answering, Eleanor grabbed a cardigan I did the same, and she took me by the elbow and rushed h ca with Greek colu the front; past Horace Hall, aped vacantly into theover its entrance: COGITO ERGO SUM "That’s where our classes are," Eleanor explained Finally, we passed the Observatory, a stone tower in the middle of campus that doubled as an astronomy lookout and science laboratory It was alreen A low murmur of voices filled the air, and alked toward the