CHAPTER TWENTY
Edmund thundered along the corridors of the School for Seers. He could feel hot tears running down his cheeks and wiped them away furiously, filled with rage.
Vinnie, his closest friend, was standing just ahead, near the sleeping dormitory. Edmund was so not in the mood to speak to him.
“Hey, Ed, what’s up?” Vinnie asked as Edmund drew closer.
But Edmund wasn’t going to stop. He shoved past him roughly, sending Vinnie staggering back into the wall.
“Nothing,” he said gruffly, without looking back.
He kept striding until he reached the restrooms. He went inside quickly and locked himself in a cubicle.
Finally the emotions he’d been trying so hard to hold in came flooding out. All the sadness he felt over Esther’s condition, and all the anger he felt toward the way she’
