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His own day had been somewhat less exciting that it’s opening gambit. After his trip to the Principal’s office, and a swift talk about how ‘boys will be boys’ which seemed to accomplish nothing nor really punish him, Aleric was sent back to endure his other three classes. All of which were...

Mrs. Wartman moved like a Dreadlord with speed magic. In the brief second it took the woman to reach him, Aleric contemplated if he was about to die. The rage in her eyes so powerful that he was sure she would strike his throat with that ruler. Instead, a slap on the arm stung out on his skin...

Aleric stood besides Cosmo, letting no sense of tension touch him at all. He stood with his arms crossed, lids half down as though he were about to speak. His companion Introduced himself, and the Hanged Man made sure to yawn loudly throughout. Offering nothing but disrespect, and then playing...

The rain was cold. It cut down from the sky in a continued pour, clattering against the cobbles so loudly that it nearly drown out Lileas voice. He strained to hear her through the din, his fingers on her skin, the warmth of her like a light within an eternal abyss. He held onto her, strained...

Aleric stopped almost instantly when he heard his name shouted in the streets. He recognized the voice instantly, of course he did. A century locked in prison wouldn't have let him forget. Yet as he heard the shout he did not feel joy. Instead panic struck him. Why was she here? Why was she...

He had to force himself to leave. It hadn't been easy. Not when he'd caught a glimpse of the bastard in the shadows. Even after all these years he hadn't forgotten the Robbers face. The casual cruelty that he wore so proudly, the smug spark in his eyes when he lorded over his domain. All of it...

Aleric took the map and schedule from Oralie, noting that one of them had directions about 'not beating anyone up' on the margins. He assumed that one was his and passed the other to Cosmo when he arrived. He stifled the laugh that nearly passed from his throat as his companion mentioned the...

Aleric could have jumped for joy when Oralie appeared and began to usher them inside. "We just saw the boy-" The words died on the tip of his tongue as a gaggle of girls approached them. Moving like a pack of swarming vultures who had spotted a fresh carcass. Aleric deftly moved to the side...

He glanced at Cosmo. "What? I have a giant scar over my eye I hardly think any-" Aleric cut himself off as he spotted the symbol of the Auclair family on a carriage which quickly swung up to the school. His lips thinned almost immediately as Cecil and Deacon stepped out from the wagon, gaze...

Aleric pinched the bridge of his nose. "Be nice, don't fight..." He shook his head, maybe this place was nothing like prison after all. A long breath dragged into his lungs as he tried to right all of this in his head. He tried to remind himself of a time before Harrowgate, when not every...

Worry and outright concern creased his face. He hated leaving her behind. He hated this place. He hated it all. For a brief moment he thought about what Lileas had said days ago. How she'd spoken about him getting away, leaving the Gutters. How he'd argued this was home, that there was no other...

He gave her a look like he'd been chewing on coal. It was clear that he did not like the idea of leaving her behind. She was right of course, there wasn't really anything that he could do. Not from everything that she'd described. But the idea of crawling out of here without Lileas alongside...

Donnie's guttural laugh echoed out as he began to walk away. The sound of his pudgy boots echoing down the hall, sounding further and further away. "Kress." Aleric swore as he slowly stepped just a little bit from the shadows. The anger on his face was now clear, and he couldn't help the...

As his two companions explained more on the topic of what school was like Aleric couldn't help but think it was somewhat close to Prison. Not the teaching part, though there were plenty of lessons to be learned inside the walls of Harrowgate. The cliques, though, sounded very familiar. Gangs...

Aleric froze, stilled his very breath. He tried his damndest to become a part of the wall. Even closing his eyes so they would not reflect any torchlight. Fingers clutched at the stone behind him hard enough to turn his knuckles white. "Eh?" Donnie's voice carried through the small room. The...