Page 66 of Fortune Academy: Year Three

I rubbed my temples. “So my Virtues, where are they?”

Yuri pointed at the campus. “They’re all teachers now. They’re really bad at it, I might add.”

“Teachers?” I echoed.

She nodded. “Yep, and trust me, it’s a punishment worse than death. They’re all freaking slave drivers.” She patted me on the shoulder, careful not to touch my sensitive wings. “They’ll probably feel better once they see you. Come on, let’s go.”

I numbly followed her as she approached the massive gate, momentarily forgetting about my wings as they dragged the ground. She fiddled with the keypad, swatting at it with her lollipop when it wouldn’t cooperate.

“How did you know I was here?” I asked, taking another long look at the bleak landscape. I couldn’t see anything for miles other than the transformed Academy.

“Oh, you can thank Olivia for that,” she said with a wink. “She got all excited when she saw a vision of you alive, so she’s waiting for us back at the dorms.” She clapped when the gate beeped and began to open. She handed me a badge before she waved me on in. “Put that on so the campus defenses don’t smite you. Lots of smiting around here. It’s a demon thing.”

The badge looked just like the one I’d had at Fortune Academy, except now all the letters were upside down. Sighing, I pinned it to my new uniform.

Glancing back, wondering what the hell I’d gotten myself into now. After everything, here I was, right back where I started as a student of Fortune Academy trying to stay one step ahead of imminent death.

I thumbed my new badge.

Fortune Academy Underworld.

Maybe it was my imagination, but a fog drifted in the distance, hinting at a silhouette of a demon with long, bat-like wings. I had a feeling that my lessons had only just begun.