I sneaked past him on my tiptoes, then slipped out the back entrance and whipped away across the graveyard, refusing to look back. When I reached the gate, my pulse finally eased back to normal, and I smiled and quietly cheered at myself for surviving the strange encounter.
I did it. I actually sneaked into a Crown and Dagger party and got away with it.
Granted, it was just a first-level event, but still, the things I saw proved that it wasn’t just any old secret society. These guys did some seriously depraved stuff down in that lair. Drugs, debauchery, voyeurism.
I couldn’t wait to get started on my paper.
With a spring in my step, I headed back up the hilly path toward the main part of the campus, humming an upbeat pop tune as I went. My phone vibrated gently in my robes a moment later. I pulled it out, assuming it was Greer or Willa asking me how it went.
The message was from an unknown number. I stopped in my tracks and fell silent as I read it.
I saw you.