Chapter 98

Getting access to the school during the day was so easy that Nathan felt sorry for the kids at the mercy of such thoughtless school officials. Sure, it had a metal detector—which Cam warned them about so Nathan knew to leave even his ankle blade behind, much to his chagrin—but only at the main doors.

Nathan felt a little naked with nothing but his hands to defend himself with as they walked the halls leaving the principal’s office, though he didn’t mind losing the guns for a while. They had stopped to pick up their guest passes, wholly believed as Private Investigators hired anonymously by concerned parents—Sasha’s idea, and an alias he used often. Put a little fear into a school board, especially a private one that they might lose students, and more importantlymoney, and they acquiesce to anything.

“Wow,” Sasha commented as they side-stepped yet another kid with an overstuffed backpack running for class. “This place sure is hectic for having so few students.”