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Vivian narrowed her eyes "I could ask you the salish; it sounded clumsy and unpleasant

Gideon came up behind her, his hand on the s to Dante in Latin Dante paused and then responded

What had he said? Even though my eyes were trained on Gideon and Vivian, the only person I are of was Dante He looling as it grew cold, now a fa fond of It was unco The woodsy sainst ht until our legs were alo," he said, giving a sidelong glance to his old friends, alking away

"What did you say to the Just that you were here to meet me"

But I wasn’t "Why are you here?"

But Dante’s eyes were focused on so"

The front door to the girls’ dorm opened, and Mrs Lynch stepped outside She , because she peered into the darkness

We backed away to the safety of the trees, but a burst of lightning illuminated the calearound below us, the sky cracked open, and it began to rain

"Coers chilling as they curled around his

We ran across the green, the rain pouring down on us as we splashed through mud and puddles until we reached Horace Hall The double doors were locked, and as Dante bent over the for Mrs Lynch’s stocky figure to appear "She’s probably on her way What do we do?" I said, water dripping down , the doors clicked and Dante pushed them open

"After you," he said, and we slipped inside, the doors locking behind us

Horace Hall was different at night Without students, it was so quiet I could hear the water dripping from my hair as Dante led me upstairs and into the darkened classroom where I normally had Latin