

Luce hurried to slip in behind the group. "Remember the basics and no one gets hurt." "So remember, it's meds, beds, and reds," the attendant barked at a cluster of three other students all standing with their backs to Luce. A barrel-chested attendant with ruddy cheeks and a clipboard clamped under an iron bicep was already giving orders - which meant Luce was already behind.


Luce barged into the fluorescent-lit lobby of the Sword & Cross School ten minutes later than she should have.
