I double-check the paper in my hand that says "Homeroom—Room 2-1." I pull the classroom door open. Being the new girl is like having a target on your forehead. People either mess with you or make bets on who will hook up with you first.
I scan the room and bite my lip. Most seats are taken, except for a couple in the first row next to two girls wearing all black. Not in the way I do with ripped jeans, but more gothic chic. Lace blouses, black blazers, and black jeans. The rest of the room is pretty predictably preppy, what you would expect from a town bordering Suwon—a place my dad calls the Walled City.
I slip into the seat next to a girl with dark black hair with full curtain bangs wearing all black and silver accessories.
"The seat's taken," she says.
"Yes, it is. By me." I freeze. I'm so used to having to defend myself that I just picked a fight without meaning to. She and the girl with a layered haircut in matching black striped business attire on the other side of her turn toward me.
"Move," the full curtain bangs says. Her black eye makeup frames her icy glare.
"It's fine, Wendy," says a girl I didn't see approach. Her red hair is pinned one side to show off her multiple piercings, and she wears a cut-off collared blouse with a loose black tie and black pants with chains. "I'll sit here." She gracefully lowers herself into the desk on my right. The bell rings.
KAMU SEDANG MEMBACA
The Witches (Book #1)
FantasyBeing the new girl is tough. Being the new girl in Manyeo could be DEADLY. Bae Suzy had just moved to Manyeo, South Korea-the site of the infamous Witch Testings. It would be tough for anyone to start over in the middle of university, but when you...