bsfeweID badge through the scanner to get the door to open for me.
I could have told her not to bother. That
there was a sturdy persimmon tree that reached up to a second-floor
window on the back of the building. The window had a busted lock, and
whatever magic was on it to keep students in or bad guys out had
dissolved or disappeared a long time ago. Now, all the girls used it and
the tree to slip out at night and see their boyfriends. Everyone except
me, of course. I didn’t have a boyfriend, much less just another
girlfriend to hang out with after curfew.
“Now, don’t worry,” Metis said. “Ajax and
Nickamedes have already started increasing the security at the library
and over the whole campus. Nickamedes is out casting more spells right
now. The dorms themselves are already quite secure. They all have wards
on them to ensure the students’ protection, but Nick
