On my last day on campus, I packed up the last few books in my dorm and shipped them to Hawthorne.Looking around the empty room, I took a deep breath of the early summer air. I'd never felt more at peace.I was wheeling my small suitcase toward the main entrance, ready to head to the train station, when my phone suddenly buzzed.It was a message from Emily.Emily: [Anders, be careful! I was helping out in the security office near the back entrance and saw Carly and Kendra with more than a dozen people. It looked like some of them were carrying bats or sticks, and they were heading toward your dorm. Something is up with them!]Sure enough, I'd barely made it halfway down the tree-lined path when more than a dozen people surrounded me, blocking the way in front of and behind me.Carly stepped out of the group with a baseball bat in her hand."Anders, you look pretty relaxed. Getting ready to head off to Hawthorne?" She stared at me, her voice hoarse, her eyes burning with crazed
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