Raine POV
Everything had been going smoothly or at least, as smoothly as it could in a place like Moon Stone Academy. One by one, students went up to the front desk, collected their tags and keycards, and disappeared down the wide corridor toward their rooms.
When it got to my turn, I stepped forward confidently, ready to grab mine and be done with it. I was already imagining the silence of four walls that didn’t carry Elaris and Liam hateful stares.
Mrs. Greene, the clerk behind the desk, glanced down at her list, then at me. And just like that, she pushed the stack of cards away.
My brows furrowed. “Excuse me? You skipped me.”
She looked at me, her expression stiff. “You don’t have a room yet, Miss Raine.”
The words hit me harder than I expected. For a second, I thought I’d mishe
