Book 0.5 First Frost by Jennifer Estep

Author:Jennifer Estep [Jennifer Estep]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Mythos

Academy?

That

sounded

total y

pretentious, like some fancy, froufrou private school

that rich people sent their spoiled kids to.

“It’s up on Cypress Mountain,” Metis continued,

sitting back down. “Not too far from here.”

I frowned. I’d actual y heard of Cypress Mountain.

It was a smal community on the outskirts of

Ashevil e, some suburb up in the North Carolina

high country that tourists flocked to because it was

ful of high-end shops and boutiques that sold primo

designer goods.

But that wasn’t al I’d heard about Cypress

Mountain. Last summer, Bethany and her cousin

had been to a party with some kids who went to

school somewhere up there. Bethany had said that

al the kids were loaded, driving expensive cars

and wearing designer clothes. She’d also told me

that those kids had drunk, smoked, and hooked up

more than everyone else at the party—combined.

“And it’s a boarding school, so you’l be living

there on campus, come the fal ,” Metis finished.

Panic rippled through me at her words, and my

head snapped around to Grandma Frost, who was

already shaking her head in anticipation of what I

was going to say.

“Now, don’t you worry, pumpkin,” Grandma said.

“I’l be just fine, and you wil , too.”

“But I don’t want to leave you. I can’t.” My words

came out in a hoarse, strangled rasp. Tears started

burning in the corners of my eyes, but I blinked them

away. “I can’t lose you, too.”

Grandma Frost reached over and clasped my

hand. Her soft, warm fingers and the matching feel

of her love for me did little to drive away the cold

that had suddenly seeped into my body. “You’re not

going to lose me, pumpkin. I’l be right here in this

old house, tel ing my fortunes like normal. There’s a

bus that runs from Cypress Mountain down here to

Ashevil e every day, and you’l be able to visit me

anytime you want to. Right, Professor?”

Metis shifted in her chair. “Wel , actual y, students

aren’t al owed to leave campus during the week,

aren’t al owed to leave campus during the week,

but I’m sure we can arrange some visits on the

weekends.”

A spark of anger began to burn in my heart. I was

being shipped off to some stupid boarding school,

and the Powers That Were thought they were going

to keep me away from my grandma? I didn’t think

so. I’d come visit Grandma Frost any damn time I

wanted to. No wal s, gates, iron bars, or whatever

else they might have at this Mythos Academy would

keep me from doing that.

Stil , I struggled to be calm. Maybe there was a

chance I could get out of going to this stupid

academy.

“But why do I have to go to this school?” I said.

“Why can’t I just go back to my regular school?

Maybe in the fal ?”

“Because Mythos isn’t just any school, Gwen,”

Metis said. “It’s for kids like you. Kids with magic.”

Magic. The word hung in the air between us, and

for a moment I wasn’t sure if I’d heard her right. But

Metis kept staring at me, and so did Grandma

Frost. It hadn’t been a mistake or a slip of the

tongue. Somehow, Metis knew that I had magic.

“So you know? About my Gypsy gift?” I asked in

a smal voice.

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