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took him by the arm and walked him out the door.
“You can’t be in here, Will,” said Eloni urgently. “Not now. Forget you ever saw this.”
“He never left,” said Will in disbelief. “Lyle was here this whole time? How could nobody tell us this?”
Before Eloni could answer, they heard a mass of people heading their way from the lobby.
“Get out the side door,” said Eloni. “Don’t tell anyone you were here.”
“Not to worry.”
Will split through the door behind him just as the crowd came into sight. He thought he saw Headmaster Rourke leading the way. With his thoughts and senses in an uproar, he hurried to a side exit and made sure no one saw him steal back outside.
Almost completely dark now. Slipping on his hood, he walked quickly away from the building, and as soon as he was far enough away that no one would notice, he began to run.
He glanced at his watch: 9:14 p.m.
THE ALLIANCE REBORN
“I know we haven’t talked about all this stuff for a while,” said Will, pacing around. “I needed some time to get my mind around what actually happened.”
“No need to explain, Will,” said Ajay.
The five roommates were gathered around the dining table in the pod, each with their tablet workbooks open. It was almost eleven o’clock by the time Will could gather them all together. He’d started by showing the photo of the Knights at their 1937 dinner to the girls and outlined for Brooke the deal they’d made with Nepsted: retrieve the key that would free him, in exchange for what he knew about the Knights and the Prophecy.
“What makes you think the Knights are still active?” asked Brooke, looking uneasily at the others. “Didn’t we put them out of commission?”
“That’s what we thought, too, until Ajay found this.” He pointed at the photograph. “But Mr. Hobbes is a Knight. And Mr. Hobbes is still out there.”
“We only shut down the last twelve student Knights,” said Ajay glumly. “There’s no telling how many alumni members there might be.”
“I think there is a way to know that,” said Will. “We know from school records they were active until the Center shut them down just before World War Two. They could have revived the Knights at any point after that, but what if they kept it going somehow, secretly, from when the club started in the 1920s until now?”
“That would mean they’ve graduated twelve Knights a year for almost eighty-five years,” said Ajay, doing the math.
“Dude, that’s like over two hundred dudes,” said Nick, his face in a knot.
“One thousand and twenty,” said Ajay.
“ Way over,” said Nick.
“And they aren’t necessarily all dudes, ” said Brooke.
“And by now most of them could have attained positions of power in every sector of society,” Ajay said. “A network of power, wealth, and influence, united in pursuing their own secret agenda.”
The entire group stayed quiet for a moment, waiting for Brooke’s reaction. She didn’t respond, her eyes downcast, her face hard to read.
“Give Ajay all the credit for persisting and getting to the truth behind that,” said Will.
Looking at his friends’ faces, Will wondered why he’d even worried about what they’d say; they were the four people he trusted most in the world. He did, however, feel completely paranoid about looking at Brooke for longer than a second while Elise had her eyes on him, remembering, I don’t have to imagine that she can read my thoughts. SHE CAN ACTUALLY READ MY THOUGHTS.
But so far Elise didn’t seem to be picking up any of the wobbly, conflicted feelings thrashing around inside him while in both their presence. They didn’t even seem overly aware of each other; both, well, all four of them really, were so focused on him.
“There’s more to talk about,” said Will. “The other breaking news is that Lyle Ogilvy’s been on campus this whole time—”
“Get out of this town!” said Ajay.
“For real,” said Will. “The school and
“You can’t be in here, Will,” said Eloni urgently. “Not now. Forget you ever saw this.”
“He never left,” said Will in disbelief. “Lyle was here this whole time? How could nobody tell us this?”
Before Eloni could answer, they heard a mass of people heading their way from the lobby.
“Get out the side door,” said Eloni. “Don’t tell anyone you were here.”
“Not to worry.”
Will split through the door behind him just as the crowd came into sight. He thought he saw Headmaster Rourke leading the way. With his thoughts and senses in an uproar, he hurried to a side exit and made sure no one saw him steal back outside.
Almost completely dark now. Slipping on his hood, he walked quickly away from the building, and as soon as he was far enough away that no one would notice, he began to run.
He glanced at his watch: 9:14 p.m.
THE ALLIANCE REBORN
“I know we haven’t talked about all this stuff for a while,” said Will, pacing around. “I needed some time to get my mind around what actually happened.”
“No need to explain, Will,” said Ajay.
The five roommates were gathered around the dining table in the pod, each with their tablet workbooks open. It was almost eleven o’clock by the time Will could gather them all together. He’d started by showing the photo of the Knights at their 1937 dinner to the girls and outlined for Brooke the deal they’d made with Nepsted: retrieve the key that would free him, in exchange for what he knew about the Knights and the Prophecy.
“What makes you think the Knights are still active?” asked Brooke, looking uneasily at the others. “Didn’t we put them out of commission?”
“That’s what we thought, too, until Ajay found this.” He pointed at the photograph. “But Mr. Hobbes is a Knight. And Mr. Hobbes is still out there.”
“We only shut down the last twelve student Knights,” said Ajay glumly. “There’s no telling how many alumni members there might be.”
“I think there is a way to know that,” said Will. “We know from school records they were active until the Center shut them down just before World War Two. They could have revived the Knights at any point after that, but what if they kept it going somehow, secretly, from when the club started in the 1920s until now?”
“That would mean they’ve graduated twelve Knights a year for almost eighty-five years,” said Ajay, doing the math.
“Dude, that’s like over two hundred dudes,” said Nick, his face in a knot.
“One thousand and twenty,” said Ajay.
“ Way over,” said Nick.
“And they aren’t necessarily all dudes, ” said Brooke.
“And by now most of them could have attained positions of power in every sector of society,” Ajay said. “A network of power, wealth, and influence, united in pursuing their own secret agenda.”
The entire group stayed quiet for a moment, waiting for Brooke’s reaction. She didn’t respond, her eyes downcast, her face hard to read.
“Give Ajay all the credit for persisting and getting to the truth behind that,” said Will.
Looking at his friends’ faces, Will wondered why he’d even worried about what they’d say; they were the four people he trusted most in the world. He did, however, feel completely paranoid about looking at Brooke for longer than a second while Elise had her eyes on him, remembering, I don’t have to imagine that she can read my thoughts. SHE CAN ACTUALLY READ MY THOUGHTS.
But so far Elise didn’t seem to be picking up any of the wobbly, conflicted feelings thrashing around inside him while in both their presence. They didn’t even seem overly aware of each other; both, well, all four of them really, were so focused on him.
“There’s more to talk about,” said Will. “The other breaking news is that Lyle Ogilvy’s been on campus this whole time—”
“Get out of this town!” said Ajay.
“For real,” said Will. “The school and
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