Chapter 4

On Monday morning, the classroom buzzed with chatter.

I'd barely set down my bag when Emmett came barreling in, grabbing my wrist. "Clara! Emergency!"

She pulled out her phone, and the screen showed a trending post on the school forum.

"The Truth Behind Our 'Campus Belle': From Ugly Duckling to Swan Magic."

The anonymous poster "TruthSeeker" viciously implied I'd gotten plastic surgery, seduced teachers, and even attached badly photoshopped "evidence" of me with a male instructor.

"This is obviously Sarah's work!"

Emmett's hands shook with fury. "The comments are a cesspool. All those idiots eating it up!"

I skimmed through…