The Marked
I looked away first, my hands trembling so badly I had to sit on them.
By third period, the whispers had intensified. Everyone was talking about Roger—that was his name, apparently. Roger. It didn't sound familiar, but it felt familiar, if that made any sense. Like a word in a language I used to speak but had forgotten.
"I heard he's from Boston," someone said behind me in Chemistry.
"No way, he's definitely from somewhere in Europe. Did you hear his accent?"
"He doesn't have an accent, idiot."
"My cousin said his family is loaded. Like, private jet loaded."
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