Noah shoved open the dorm room door, his mind still reeling. He half-expected Kelvin to be passed out, but instead, the guy was sitting on his bed, cross-legged, illuminated by the dim glow of his tablet. The moment Noah stepped in, Kelvin barely looked up.
"You're late," he muttered, flicking through whatever he was reading.
"Yeah, well," Noah exhaled, shutting the door behind him. "You're gonna love this one."
Kelvin finally glanced up. "Oh?" His eyes sharpened. "Scale of one to ten, how bad?"
Noah ran a hand through his hair. "Twelve."
Kelvin grinned. "Oho. Spill."
Noah paced the room, organizing his thoughts before blurting, "Lila's part of a secret program that got her into this academy. They sent her to deliver something, she doesn't know what, but something big is about to happen at the arena finals. Her group? Calls themselves The Purge."
