Chapter 35

She’s always at the chapel. Waiting for me. Naomi isn’t at all what I expected her to be. She knows so much about the Sisterhood and the societies and our school. It’s kind of unbelievable that all of this stuff has been going on for decades and no one really knows about any of it.

They have a vision, a plan, and I’m a part of it. Me. For the first time ever, someone thinks I’m smart enough, cool enough, amazing enough to actually do something important. They have been fighting for years, but now it’s time for unity and I’m the key. The person who will finally make sure Conventus happens. An end to the war and the beginning of a new era.

Kate and Maddie have no idea what’s going on. They’re too busy chasing Bradley and Alistair and jockeying for a position at the right lunch table and all of that other first-year bullshit that used to seem so important.

But I have a purpose. A role. I’ll be there in the basement on the night of initiation. Naomi told me to wait for him. Sometimes I giggle thinking about it. Would Kate be jealous if she knew that the boy she’s been chasing will be coming for me? Sometimes I love imagining the look on her face when she finds out that I spent the night alone with her crush in the basement of the chapel. Just me, Bradley, and a secret plan that will change the history of our school forever. It’s all up to us now. That’s what Naomi said. It’s all up to me.