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ʀᴇᴄʀᴜɪᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ.The autumn air clung to my skin, thick with the scent of damp leaves that stuck to the old brick buildings of St. Augustine University's recruitment center. I stood at the entrance, my heart pounding like it was trying to remind me why I was here. I tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear and tugged at the oversized hoodie swallowing me up. It felt like armor. I couldn't wait to be out of Rockafeller City, away from the noise, the grime, the constant hum of survival. The clang of the subway and the shouts from vendors were all I knew. My parents had given everything to that laundromat, their hands raw from scrubbing out other people's messes, folding clothes for folks who didn't even think twice about them. I couldn't live like that. I wouldn't.
This scholarship-this was it. My ticket out.
I stepped into the building, nerves twisting inside me. Excitement. Fear. Both fighting for space. A group of students stood nearby, their voices confident, cutting through the air like it was theirs to command.
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𝙑𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙫𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨
RomanceAt St. Augustine University, a prestigious HBCU in the Deep South, students Devon and Lola navigate an academic environment steeped in excellence and dark secrets. As they delve into the university's haunting past, they uncover a web of manipulation...