I decided on joining Lee's Army in Virginia based on a story I'd read about him in the Atlanta Constitution newspaper. Lee was portrayed as a man of h...nor and the best general in the service of the Confederacy. I had very strong and romantic notions about honor, so I knew immediately that I wanted to serve under someone of his character. Another reason that I went all the way to Virginia was because of my age. I wasn't old enough to enlist and I was scared everyone in Georgia probably knew. "I'm sorry, Jade," I muttered.They just rolled their eyes and looked away."Hello?" Mrs. Glonic asked as she picked up the phone. "Yes, principal, I'll be right there," she said before hanging up. "I have to go, but you two need to behave, or I might give you another week's detention." What the fuck ever, Miranda, just leave already."Mrs. Glonic failed to respond and just left."I thought she'd never leave," Jade pointed out, going to Erica and getting back on top of her.They pasted their lips. I bet you could teach me things." Now it was Reese's hand on my arm, stroking instead of grabbing.Tashun's words echoed in my head as we entered the elevator for a quick ride down to the fifth floor. The sign read RECORDS. I led Reese into a storage room filled with file cabinets and tables stacked with papers."All of these need filing. Each document has an account number. The file cabinets are all labelled. You'd be doing us a big favor if you'd care for these."Reese's absorbing smile was. ‘As I said, Tre, the majority of the volunteers are young mages. They sympathize with you and no small number of them would love to join in your struggle against the Vampire Dominion in Memphis. They do not realize that your fight is not against the entire Kingdom.’ Telemon took another bite of his dinner and looked back at me. ‘So far we have been able to keep the younger mages from attacking vampires and starting a general war that we do not have the manpower to win. Despite that widespread.