Babysitting Nightmares_The Shadow Hand by Kat Shepherd

Author:Kat Shepherd
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Imprint

CHAPTER

12

A SHORT TIME later, the four girls sat around a pile of books and papers on the black lacquer coffee table in Kawanna’s office. Rebecca could hear the sounds of Kawanna moving around the shop in front, sliding hangers along racks and laying out trays of jewelry and beaded handbags on top of the counters. Rebecca had Kawanna’s laptop open on the table in front of her, and Clio riffled through a stack of old books.

Tanya read back from a long list on the yellow legal pad. “Okay, so here’s the list of what we have so far to keep Changeling-Kyle calm and happy while we try to change him back. Changelings like music, songs, dancing, nature stuff, and—apparently—letting him bite us. Or at least according to Clio.”

“Trust me, he loves it. Laughs like a hyena. But it’s someone else’s turn to get bitten. My fingers can’t take any more abuse!”

Maggie sat back in the leather easy chair and draped her leg over the arm, her pink jeweled flip-flop dangling from her big toe. She tapped at her phone, her eyes intent on the screen. “So say this thing works, and it turns out that Kyle is some kind of monster thing and not just a grumpy baby who’s had a couple of bad days. What then? I mean, it’s not like the monster is going to change back into Kyle, right? So what’s the point?”

Rebecca leaned forward in disbelief. “Are you serious? The point is getting Kyle back!”

“Yeah, duh, I know that, Becks. I’m not stupid. But what is the cake thing going to even do? It just seems like a waste of time.” Maggie rolled her eyes. “Actually, this whole thing seems like a waste of time, if you ask me,” she mumbled under her breath.

Rebecca’s voice rose and she stood up. “A waste of time?!”

Maggie dropped her phone in her lap, finally facing the other girls. “Yeah, a waste of time! I mean, seriously, you guys. We don’t even know where the Nightmare Realm is, much less how to find it. And Clio told me about what the Night Queen can do, okay? She doesn’t seem like someone to mess with. She could make us her prisoners, turn us into cockroaches, or even kill us! You get that, right? Like, our parents would never see us again.”

“So are we supposed to just give up on him because it seems hard?”

“Not just hard, Becks. Impossible. I mean, if she’s really that powerful, do you really think a few kids stand any chance of finding Kyle, much less getting him back from her? Are you delusional?”

“Hold on. Everybody just calm down,” Tanya said. “This is obviously a stressful situation, and fighting will only make it worse.”

Maggie snorted. “A math test is a stressful situation. This is, like, Zombie Apocalypse–level stuff.”

“C’mon, Maggie, don’t be so dramatic. It’s not helping. Clio and I did a lot of research while Rebecca was working on the cake, and I think we actually have a pretty good plan.

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