Leah’s POV“Ha! Look at her. You really thought you’d get in, Leah?” Clarissa laughed right in my face.Zoey, Becca, and Abbie burst into laughter with her, loud enough to attract the attention of everyone gathered around the admissions board. A few people glanced at me before quickly looking away. Nobody wanted to become Clarissa’s next source of entertainment.I stared at the board behind them.My name still wasn’t there.I checked it again anyway, moving my eyes down every column as if the letters might rearrange themselves out of pity. Leah of Mooncreek. I had written it on my application, on the recommendation requests I’d practically begged people to consider, and on every scrap of paper I’d used to plan the future I wanted. But it wasn’t on that board.“Aw, what’s wrong?” Clarissa asked, putting on a fake pout. “Did you find out you couldn’t whore your way into Royalwood?”“Maybe she thought she could suck her way through the entrance exams,” Becca said. “Thankfully, Royalwood
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