Here's a little sneak peek of the sixth chapter of Crawford Academy. Coming to a library near you. (that was bad)
Their eyes clung to her but exchanged sly looks amongst themselves as she walked past them. Iris was an estranged antelope calf wandering into the lion’s hunting ground who’s carcass would be thrown to these hyena’s after the lions had their fill.
Iris kept her eyes forward, her neck and shoulders stiff from the effort to keep her head up. Her spine tingled from the stares and cracked from the effort to keep walking. She didn’t know what to do, what they wanted her to do but she was certain that she would not react the way they wanted her to. Her top arm burned a phantom sensation in the form of her mother’s palm, reminding Iris of the conversation she had with her mother last night.
Happiness is fleeting, capitalism is forever.
Can I just say that I'm getting a real Mean Girls vibe with all these animal references?