uestrian club. The air smelled of dust and horses. Evelena wore dark, fi

h of the stall holding the cal

ndi and three large boys from the football team foll

amonds. She tapped it against her leg. She laughed and told Ev

dents in the arena stopped brushin

expression did not change. She said,

riding boot out, aiming to trip

. Instead, she brought her own hard leather heel down vio

imal. She collapsed into the dirt, gra

ding crop high above her head. She swung it down with

h the air with a sh

ch back. She threw her left arm up, takin

er sleeve. A line of pure fir

fore Kenzie could pull the whip back, Evelena's right h

free it. Evelena planted her f

with a violent jerk. Kenzie lost her ba

ainst her. Evelena stepped to the side, grabbed the collar of Kenzie's riding jacket with both hands, and shoved her violently downward wit

y stared in absolute shock at the quiet girl who ju

agging for air. Her perfect ma

e ordered the three boys to g

red her. They spread out and walked t

nd grabbed a heavy, rusted iron pitchfork. She held it across

them the first person to step forward was

rous intent radiating from her b

of Students, came sprinting acros

ace turned pale with terror. Ke

turned purple with rage. He screame

wo campus security guards running behind him to arre

Evelena's arms, twisting them painfully behind her

lked over to where the guards were holding Evelena. She raised h

aste of blood filled her mouth. But when she looke

uards to drag her to

e a step, a deafening

heavy helicopter dropped out of the sky. I

p a massive cloud of dust, blinding every