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LAUREL STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CABIN, SCANNING the tree…
AS THEY WALKED TOWARD THE ACADEMY, LAUREL glimpsed another building…
LAUREL SAT CROSS-LEGGED ON HER BED WITH A PAIR of…
A CHILL RIPPLED UP LAUREL’S BACK AS NERVOUSNESS and confusion…
THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE WAS SIMILAR TO THE dormitory…
LAUREL STUDIED HER APPEARANCE IN THE MIRROR the next morning,…
LAUREL KNELT ON THE BENCH IN FRONT OF HER window…
LAUREL STOOD IN HER ROOM, LOOKING OVER THE wild assortment…
“LAUREL?”
LAUREL SAT CROSS-LEGGED IN HER ROOM, SORTING through school supplies…
A WEEK INTO SCHOOL, LAUREL WALKED TOWARD Mark’s Bookshelf with…
LAUREL AND DAVID STOOD TOGETHER IN THEIR chemistry lab, watching…
THE NEXT DAY, LAUREL AND CHELSEA SAT ON THE porch…
BY ELEVEN LAUREL WAS THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED from dancing and the…
LAUREL COVERED HER HEAD WITH HER ARMS AND wished that…
SUPPRESSING A SHUDDER, LAUREL STARED IN SHOCK at the face…
THEY PULLED INTO LAUREL’S DRIVEWAY AND, after a moment’s hesitation,…
LAUREL SAT IN HER CAR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, just staring…
LAUREL PULLED OPEN THE HEAVY DOUBLE DOORS IN the front…
LAUREL SPRAWLED DOWN ON HER BED WITH A smile. It…
THE MORNING AIR WAS COLD AND SHARP, THE sun merely…
THE CURTAINS OPENED TO REVEAL AN EXQUISITE forest scene with…
“THAT WAS AMAZING,” LAUREL SAID AGAIN AS she and Tamani…
SILENT AND BROODING, LAUREL AND TAMANI passed through the gateway.
“DID YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEDED?” DAVID ASKED as he…
KLEA ROWED THEM ACROSS THE WATER IN A WIDE, flat-bottomed…
STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE TREE LINE HAD never…