Harley Quinn by Rachael Allen EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Rachael Allen
- Language: English
- Genre: Fantasy
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Here’s what I remembered much later. The gates loomed large before the
shuttle. Dark. Chilling. The letters spelling out Arkham Asylum twisted with a
kind of brooding malevolence. Trees crouched over the building with
clawlike branches.
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But no, that’s not reality. Or only partly. Reality shifting through the lens
of a kaleidoscope made of everything I’ve ever daydreamed about Arkham.
Also? In my imagination, it’s always storming there. Vindictive clouds
blotting out the sun so it’s pitch-black outside, even in daytime. And I’m
supposed to be walking in. Not taking a shuttle.
Ah, well. In my mind, I become Past Me, bouncing in my seat and
chattering to the girl next to me. “Did you picture it with storm clouds? I
always pictured it with storm clouds. Fog, at the very least.”
I peer out the bus window at a sky that is full of fat, happy clouds and
blue enough to make a robin’s egg jealous.
The girl chuckles politely. (Great! She hates me!) But then she sizes up
the vast Gothic building like she’s trying to think of something to say. “At
least the stone is dark?”
“YES.” I seize the opportunity. “Deliciously dark. And those turrets, just
—” I chef’s kiss in their direction because words can’t begin to convey their
perfection. “It’s like Cinderella’s castle pledged allegiance to the dark side.” I
sigh, and the girl laughs, a real cackle this time, not just a polite chuckle.
“I’m Harleen,” I say, holding out my hand because I’ve decided we’re
friends now.
“Aria,” she replies with a smile and a solid handshake.
I try not to heave a huge sigh of relief like a cartoon character. Next to
me, Aria’s chest relaxes almost imperceptibly. This is the secret. Every other
new intern on this bus is just as scared as we are. Every first-year in my dorm
too. They’re all petrified that they won’t make a connection with anyone. Or
that it’ll happen too slowly, be too tenuous. And then that’s it. Everyone will
know, and it’s like getting picked last for kickball, only instead of kickball, it’s
ALL OF COLLEGE. It’s basically terrifying, but I find that taking as many
flying leaps as possible helps.
“Are you a first-year too?” I ask. (The subsequent leaps are always easier
after you’ve taken the first one.)
“Yep. I’m in Kane Hall. You?”
“Elliot.” I still can’t believe I live there. I, Harleen Frances Quinzel, go to
school at Gotham University. For real this time, not just as part of a gap-year
program. We’re already two weeks into the semester, and I can’t help but
wonder how long the reality will take to sink in.
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