Someone raps on the door to my room. It can’t be Roanna because she would just barge right in. I open the door just enough. It’s Amelia. Since she and I aren’t exactly friends, I stare at her for a moment. She’s flushed and breathless.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRoVrJB9Iz
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“It’s Roanna,” she says. “Something’s wrong with her.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIFrBTqTOZ
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I grab my room key and follow Amelia without a second thought, a sick feeling burrowing into the pit of my stomach as I wonder what could have happened to Roanna.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSykWvYWBq
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Amelia opens the door to the dormitory and sticks her head outside, looking around for the security guards. When she signals to me that it’s safe, we dash across the grounds to the school, trying to keep low to the grass—as if that could make us invisible.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRASjWxyyv
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Amelia hauls open the heavy ash doors, and we slip inside quietly. Jen is sitting off to the side with Roanna slumped against the wall.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnuzxdf9ja
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“She just got up and ran out,” Jen says. “Then she came here and sat down. I didn’t know what else to do.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0n7dqau5tH
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“Thanks for calling me,” I say, crouching down beside Roanna.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0gsTGr9oy
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Amelia and Jen glance at each other and leave. I resent a little that they’ve left me to deal with this on my own, but I’m also grateful that they came out of their way to bring me to Roanna.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSSkCTh15H
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Her eyes are glazed over, and she’s murmuring something. I press the back of my hand against her burning forehead before pulling it back.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGSPMTn4L8
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“Is something wrong?” I jump at the voice but see Will standing over us, bending to get a better look at Roanna. When I don’t say anything for a moment, Will adds, “I saw you run across the grounds.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISkunMX4yM
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My surprise melts into gratitude. “I think she’s sick. Do you think you can get the nurse?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOI0E8Y0dM
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Hopefully we can’t get demerits for following a deliriously sick person out of her room.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoPp8U8bk0
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“Yes,” he says, straightening up. “Wait right here.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI5KRLZBW3
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He’s no sooner turned the corner when Roanna rises slowly to her feet.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyxQKtoYyO
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“Ro?” I say, but she walks past with me with her eyes blank and staring straight ahead.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzjo0HHWXa
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I try to keep a grip on her arm as she moves, but she’s walking too quickly. Our footsteps shuffle and echo in the quiet hallway. I hope Will and the nurse can find us when they come back.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdONG3Kw0IS
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A light flashes down the hallway. I try to grab at Roanna’s arm, but she turns and walks into Mr. Kensington’s English classroom. I follow close behind and shut the door, leaning against it. His footsteps draw closer, and the light shines into the room. It fades away almost instantly.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstrZMNOmG9
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As I release my breath, Roanna takes a step forward. I want to tell her stop, but I can’t move or speak.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU2tg9cZsy
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What should be Mr. Kensington’s English class is now a room with two rows of beds against the wall. Some people are just lumps of blankets but some toss and turn in their beds. Roanna keeps moving toward them.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwf8SRH1R6
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In unison, the people remove their blankets and sit up, staring at us. They walk toward us slowly and deliberately, their feet shuffling across the carpeted floor. They don’t blink, but they whisper over each other so I can’t pick apart what a single one is saying. Their voices are as soft as rustling leaves.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPkNvKGpzb
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“R-Roanna,” I manage to squeak.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeNbU9bSsZ
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Wrapping my arms around her shoulders—getting a mouthful of her curls—I throw myself back, pulling us into the door. Her specs clutter onto the floor. Still holding onto her, I slide the door open with one hand. I turn her, pushing her out into the hallway.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ceH1ruk49
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I slam the door shut and lean against it, my chest heaving. Roanna blinks at me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa95ZgFkTSV
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“Cami? What’s going on? Where are my glasses?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOIeKvBEUH
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“You mean…you don’t remember?” My heart hasn’t returned to normal.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIPll7V5oM
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She shakes her head, eyes wide. I turn slowly, hardly daring to peek through the window. But the room is back to normal. My heart, on the other hand, is pattering like a runner’s feet.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vj1ve9zTs
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I tentatively push it open and run inside to grab her glasses off the floor and bring them back to her. The pattering of my heartbeat gets quicker as I do so, but there don’t seem to be any more ghosts.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMKMedq1Ij
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Roanna takes a shuddering breath as I hand her the specs and recount everything that just happened.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAFoDdKg2X
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“I suppose now’s a good time as any to tell you,” she says. “I found out what Wolverhampton House was before it was a school. It was a psychiatric hospital—they called it a lunatic asylum—back in the early 1900s. It makes sense, doesn’t it? And there are rumors that Madame Pommier is a ghost hunter who was hired to get rid of the ghosts.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuBvtsxfPG
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“Ro,” I say, unable to keep a tremor out of my voice. “I’m sorry, but I can’t do this right now.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQcARX0eV1
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I wonder where Will is, and if he’s looking for us. The darkness begins to press upon me. It seems I can see more figures out of the corners of my eyes. I try not to whirl around, but even when I do, there’s nothing there.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUJQ0JXkhs
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