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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9XKVhSUv7
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“It’s Roanna,” she says. “Something’s wrong with her.”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaD4fTcqt1n
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcwZ0jyxbM
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb960ytj6S
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91uuYHLYB1
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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.”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG0mTt7cLC
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“Thanks for calling me,” I say, crouching down beside Roanna.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgbY6559yC
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnK8Y3v21W
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYDCto1jAG
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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.”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBG2oOtCKv
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My surprise melts into gratitude. “I think she’s sick. Do you think you can get the nurse?”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30tWHDmnnC
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Hopefully we can’t get demerits for following a deliriously sick person out of her room.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHLWn0XLXj
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“Yes,” he says, straightening up. “Wait right here.”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZQW9diLN8
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He’s no sooner turned the corner when Roanna rises slowly to her feet.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90MSSbbHFg
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“Ro?” I say, but she walks past with me with her eyes blank and staring straight ahead.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnyvUQbbdP
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBJPIrh8SS
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QDjy2JKj2
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrjEkNnyyi
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdElSAnWut
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCDmnmF8RS
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“R-Roanna,” I manage to squeak.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqI3BaTG8n
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkdlS82X3Z
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I slam the door shut and lean against it, my chest heaving. Roanna blinks at me.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYhcywudJP
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“Cami? What’s going on? Where are my glasses?”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItBJ4hAw6X
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“You mean…you don’t remember?” My heart hasn’t returned to normal.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVB1vW3J3sk
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHkDfEYmnB
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFLVOCgATC
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Roanna takes a shuddering breath as I hand her the specs and recount everything that just happened.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9s3Ki8VHE
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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.”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJwduy6SJO
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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.”984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK076f8YfPt
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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.984Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJolU4B2I8H
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