Acotar Autumn Court Novels & Stories

muttered one. Then they stood up straight, raised golden trumpets to their mouths, and let forth a fanfare that gave me the willies. The doors parted abruptly. It was so dazzling that I nearly lost my balance. In front of me was a red carpet adorned with sparkling finery. With a proud look on his face, Mathias was waiting at the end of the carpet. "Introducing Lady Autumn, mate to our esteemed Mathias, former Lycan King of Shadow Realm pack," a loudspeaker proclaimed.

I was going to find a computer and change my college application. “Oh, right, I almost forgot. Tomorrow is the deadline for college applications.” Luke covered his mouth, feigning surprise. “Zephyr, you aren’t planning on going to an internet cafe to change your application, are you?” My heart sank. Eula looked at me with an unexpectedly dark expression. “Lock him in the basement.” She gave concise orders to the two lackeys by her side. The basement of my house was dark and damp. It never saw the light of day.

Nigel stood up smoothly from his chair, and Autumn stood up right along with him, packing her notepad into her purse. “Expect the papers. We will see you in court,” Nigel said firmly. With those final words, Nigel walked out of the conference room alongside Autumn. As Autumn walked toward the exit, she instinctively brushed right past a shocked, pale-faced Rosaria. Rosaria stared at her with a murderous, panicked glare. Autumn paused for a fraction of a second, leaning in slightly as she threw Rosaria's own cruel words right back into her face. “What are you gonna do, fight me?” Autumn whispered.

They didn’t even bother pretending anymore. They all looked down on her, like she was nothing but dead weight dragging Julian down. With a relationship like that, she really couldn’t think of a single reason to go easy on her. There was a pause on the other end, then Ace said, “Alright, Miss Lewis. I’ll proceed as normal. Just remember to show up on the 16th for the court hearing.” After the call ended, Autumn sat there for a moment, slightly stunned. Once this got out, the Carter family would probably go into meltdown.