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I tried to share a look with Kai, but the coldly beautiful htly flushed, tingeing his bronze skin a deeper shade

Neither of us spoke up to accept Toland’s apology, and after a brief pause, the headmaster continued

“I can tell you that I believe your story I have no doubt that it happened just as you all say it did Unfortunately, we still have a proble unconscious, and we need to knohat happened in those moments”

Kai’s gaze snapped up, his dark eyes as bright and hard as obsidian “You want us to go back in there?”

“Not right away Cassandra and Devra need time to recover, and I’m sure you could both use a reprieve as well I’ll expect you back here in three days, right after breakfast” Then he leaned back in his chair and sighed “There is another proble circumstances aside, you did miss your finals I absolutely cannot allow you tountil you pass those”

“And if we don’t pass—ill happen?” Jayce asked

Toland frowned “Generally speaking, you would be banished to the underworld Unfortunately, our current circumstances make that impossible; while we could re ourselves vulnerable to detection if ere to do so Since that is the case, anyone who doesn’t pass will have to be isolated within the school itself until such a time as we find a way back to earth Then they would be banished”

“Hold on” My eyebrows shot up, and I raised er five-year-old in school “We al to save you and everybody else, and you’re tellingscantron to prove anization?”

Toland stared at me for a moment, his face still “You will pass,” he said finally “You all will”

I frowned “How do you know, you gonna give us cheat sheets?”

“Of course not” He scoffed “But you have two days to prepare And as you stated, you’ve already proved yourselves to me, which means the tests will be easy for you”

“You aren’tany sense”

“You’ll understand when you sit for your exaic lab at nine o’clock sharp the day after to day, you’ll be back down here After that, estured with one hand “Dismissed Vesper will show you out”

The guys rose, but I stayed in ave our headmaster a hard look

“Okay” I narrowed ation Someone died, and obviously there’s a mystery to solve What I don’t understand is why you are so hell-bent—so to speak—on us taking these goddas for us all to be worrying about right now”