A Whisper of Curses by J. Elle

Author:J. Elle
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781547606757
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

ASHLEY

Wednesday morning my mind is made up. I’m going to talk to Dr. Minzy about Kyana’s cursed emotions. I skip breakfast and hurry to my first class, determined to get my work done properly and quickly. I do and am allowed to dip out early for class two. With the extra time, I swing by the class where Kyana should be and peer in. I spot her at her lab station working on a potion.

Her gaze moves in my direction, then she does a double take. She waves and my heart squeezes. When her teacher steps into view, I duck.

When I look back again, Kyana has the teacher’s full attention. I check my watch and scoot along to my second class to ensure I’m on time. My second and third classes zoom by and afterward, on my way to midday chow, I spot Kyana heading into Weasel Mess.

“Hey!” I chase her down and curious eyes stick to me. My face flushes with heat at their stares, but I’m so happy to see Kyana I don’t even care. “How’s it going?”

We head inside for lunch.

“It’s going all right,” she says. “Sorry I was missing in action yesterday. I needed some time to myself.” She tells me all about how she couldn’t get a handle on her sobbing so she retreated to her cabin early. And about her conversation with Hannah. “Does what Hannah said mean anything to you?”

“Well, Gregory didn’t seem rude. He seemed . . .”

“Yeah?”

“Coerced, I’d say.”

“Did you look up that poison in your potion books?” I ask.

“Every single one. Not a mention anywhere. The only solution I see is to ask Gregory directly.”

This again. I shift in my seat. We spend the rest of lunch speculating and making a plan to meet up later. I don’t tell her about my plan to talk to Minzy because she might become upset. I’d prefer to get something useful first, then share it with her. There’s also the chance that I will chicken out, and the last thing I need to do is get her on board and my plan falls through.

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