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practically jumped out of his skin. Flushing red, he scrambled to minimise the window on his screen, but not before Cassie’s astonished eyes had caught the words stamped across the top of the page.
THE DARKE ACADEMY STUDENT RECORDS – CONFIDENTIAL
‘Jake, what was that?’ demanded Cassie.
‘Hell, Cassie,’ Jake replied, trying to laugh it off. ‘You gave me a shock and a half.’
‘You’re supposed to be designing the front page, not hacking into the school records system.’ Cassie sighed in exasperation as she tugged the mouse from his hands. ‘What are you doing anyway? Trying to fiddle your chemistry grades?’
‘Hey, don’t—’ protested Jake. ‘Aw, Cassie …’ He threw up his hands in disgust as Cassie pulled open the window.
Her stomach turned a backflip. She turned to Jake, but he was staring at the tabletop and wouldn’t meet her eye.
‘Jake, do you have any idea how much trouble you could get into for doing this?’ Cassie demanded. ‘This is Katerina’s personal file! What the hell are you playing at?’
‘Just leave it, Cassie. It’s none of your business.’
‘None of my business? She tried to kill me, remember?’
Jake’s eyes blazed. ‘Yeah, well she did kill my sister. Remember that? Did you think I was just gonna let that go?’
‘Jake, we’ve been through this—’
‘She admitted it, Cassie! She told us she killed her, and she laughed. And all Darke did was expel her. Is that fair? Well, maybe it is for the Few, but I don’t subscribe to their idea of justice.’
Cold fear clutched at Cassie’s bowels. ‘You’re not thinking of going looking for her, are you, Jake? Tell me you’re not.’
‘Ask me no questions, Cassie, I’ll tell you no lies.’
‘Jake, listen to me.’ Cassie struggled to keep her voice as reasonable as she could. ‘Promise me that you’ll stop this. Please. We both know that Katerina killed Jess, but there’s no way of proving it, even if you find her.’
Jake sighed bitterly. ‘At this moment, I’d settle for just finding her, Cassie. And that’s easier said than done. The address in this file is in Sweden and I’ve already checked it out. The Svenssons sold the place a month ago and left. No forwarding address.’
Relief swamped her. With the Few’s network of connections, surely there was no way Jake could find Katerina if she didn’t want to be found.
‘Please, Jake. I know it’s hard, but you have to let this go.’
Jake’s gaze was apologetic. ‘I can’t, Cassie. I owe it to Jess. I’m going to find Katerina. She’s going to be punished for what she did. I swear it.’
‘Mr Johnson? Miss Bell? I wasn’t aware that you were working on this project together?’
Cassie started at the teacher’s voice.
‘Um, no … sorry, Mr Jackson, I was just asking Jake about editing HTML code,’ she mumbled.
‘Well, call me traditional, but I think it’s usual for questions in class to be directed to the teacher.’
‘Yes, sir,’ muttered Cassie, gritting her teeth.
‘So why don’t you come on back to your seat and I’ll see if I can help.’
As she made her way across the classroom, Cassie shot a final pleading look at Jake, but he seemed to be concentrating on his own screen. He looked determined. As determined as she’d ever seen him. This was going to be trouble …
CHAPTER EIGHT
‘Y ou know, I’ve never had a date in a railway station before,’ said Cassie.
Ranjit grinned. ‘You don’t know what you’ve been missing.’
No kidding. Cassie was really pleased when Ranjit had suggested a bit of sightseeing together earlier that afternoon. She’d felt as if a distance had opened up between them after their spat in the common room, and Cassie had been hopeful that his suggestion of an afternoon alone could be enough to change that. However, when he brought her to a train station she wasn’t quite so sure it was going to be the romantic reconciliation she was hoping for after all.
Luckily, it
THE DARKE ACADEMY STUDENT RECORDS – CONFIDENTIAL
‘Jake, what was that?’ demanded Cassie.
‘Hell, Cassie,’ Jake replied, trying to laugh it off. ‘You gave me a shock and a half.’
‘You’re supposed to be designing the front page, not hacking into the school records system.’ Cassie sighed in exasperation as she tugged the mouse from his hands. ‘What are you doing anyway? Trying to fiddle your chemistry grades?’
‘Hey, don’t—’ protested Jake. ‘Aw, Cassie …’ He threw up his hands in disgust as Cassie pulled open the window.
Her stomach turned a backflip. She turned to Jake, but he was staring at the tabletop and wouldn’t meet her eye.
‘Jake, do you have any idea how much trouble you could get into for doing this?’ Cassie demanded. ‘This is Katerina’s personal file! What the hell are you playing at?’
‘Just leave it, Cassie. It’s none of your business.’
‘None of my business? She tried to kill me, remember?’
Jake’s eyes blazed. ‘Yeah, well she did kill my sister. Remember that? Did you think I was just gonna let that go?’
‘Jake, we’ve been through this—’
‘She admitted it, Cassie! She told us she killed her, and she laughed. And all Darke did was expel her. Is that fair? Well, maybe it is for the Few, but I don’t subscribe to their idea of justice.’
Cold fear clutched at Cassie’s bowels. ‘You’re not thinking of going looking for her, are you, Jake? Tell me you’re not.’
‘Ask me no questions, Cassie, I’ll tell you no lies.’
‘Jake, listen to me.’ Cassie struggled to keep her voice as reasonable as she could. ‘Promise me that you’ll stop this. Please. We both know that Katerina killed Jess, but there’s no way of proving it, even if you find her.’
Jake sighed bitterly. ‘At this moment, I’d settle for just finding her, Cassie. And that’s easier said than done. The address in this file is in Sweden and I’ve already checked it out. The Svenssons sold the place a month ago and left. No forwarding address.’
Relief swamped her. With the Few’s network of connections, surely there was no way Jake could find Katerina if she didn’t want to be found.
‘Please, Jake. I know it’s hard, but you have to let this go.’
Jake’s gaze was apologetic. ‘I can’t, Cassie. I owe it to Jess. I’m going to find Katerina. She’s going to be punished for what she did. I swear it.’
‘Mr Johnson? Miss Bell? I wasn’t aware that you were working on this project together?’
Cassie started at the teacher’s voice.
‘Um, no … sorry, Mr Jackson, I was just asking Jake about editing HTML code,’ she mumbled.
‘Well, call me traditional, but I think it’s usual for questions in class to be directed to the teacher.’
‘Yes, sir,’ muttered Cassie, gritting her teeth.
‘So why don’t you come on back to your seat and I’ll see if I can help.’
As she made her way across the classroom, Cassie shot a final pleading look at Jake, but he seemed to be concentrating on his own screen. He looked determined. As determined as she’d ever seen him. This was going to be trouble …
CHAPTER EIGHT
‘Y ou know, I’ve never had a date in a railway station before,’ said Cassie.
Ranjit grinned. ‘You don’t know what you’ve been missing.’
No kidding. Cassie was really pleased when Ranjit had suggested a bit of sightseeing together earlier that afternoon. She’d felt as if a distance had opened up between them after their spat in the common room, and Cassie had been hopeful that his suggestion of an afternoon alone could be enough to change that. However, when he brought her to a train station she wasn’t quite so sure it was going to be the romantic reconciliation she was hoping for after all.
Luckily, it
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