"First floor," he said and then pointed down a long hallway. "Unless you have medical problems, everyone uses the stairs. There's a back door you can access at the back of the building, but you have to have your ID card, which I'll take you to get tomorrow. For now, just tell the guards you're Sophie Harper and they'll know who you are, or else you can only get in by going to the front. You'll need your ID for the Ack Building and any of the other dorms. There's also a special code for Ignis: 1-4-4-5. He typed in the code and the door clicked open. After shutting it, he proceeded to lead her down the hall. "I'm on the seventh floor—the entire floor—if you need me for whatever reason.
"You'll be staying in room four-ten with two other girls," he said before they made a right, turning down the female dorm rooms. He led her down a well-lit hallway. The walls seemed adorned with two colors, red and gold, reminding her of flames. There were also small paintings hanging on the walls and Sophie promised herself she would look more closely at them when she had the time.
Will stopped in front of a wine-colored door with the numbers four one zero written in black calligraphy. He knocked on the door, saying, "Girls, it's Will. Can I come in?"
Suddenly, Sophie felt a rush of nerves attack her senses. She was about to meet the two people she'd be living with for the next nine months of her life. She had absolutely nothing to her name except the clothes on her back, and those were dirty and torn. She hadn't bathed in a few days, so she was certain she smelled, which meant that Will and his wolf nose probably smelled her and surprisingly hadn't said anything. This, of course, made Sophie blush. Again. She couldn't remember a time when she had blushed this furiously except for the incident she refused to think about. It was stupid, she knew, but she actually did care what these strangers thought of her. For the first time in her life, she cared about being liked.
"Coming!" a voice on the other side of the door called.
As though Will could feel Sophie's trepidation, he reached out and placed his hand on her shoulder. Through the material of her thin hoodie and shirt, she could feel his warmth, feel the roughness of his hands, and for whatever reason, she relaxed in response to it.
Up until the door opened.
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Sorry for the short update! I should have more Friday!
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Stranger
ParanormalAn unusual power. A dead body. Nowhere to turn. By the time she gets to the Academy for Peculiars, Sophie Harper has already killed a man. The superhuman strength she was born with and abandoned because of means she's a peculiar, but her unique gift...
