Book 1 Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

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

Chapter 14

Logan, Daphne, and I walked back down the hill to the lower quad.

The bonfire still burned, although by this point most of the students had plopped down into the chairs that surrounded the cheery blaze or crept up the stone steps for a bit more privacy. More than a few couples sat close together in the shadow-kissed upper levels, huddled underneath a comforter from someone’s dorm room. The giggles, smacking sounds, and occasional squeals of laughter told me exactly what was happening underneath the covers.

More kids were drunk now, too, stumbling around so bad that Professor Metis and Coach Ajax were herding a group of them back to their dorms before they did something stupid, like pass out and fall into the bonfire.

“Hey,” I said. “Do you think we should tell Metis what happened? You know, about the falling statue and the Nemean prowler being at the library?”

Maybe I should have gone straight to Metis in the first place, but I’d forgotten all about the professor even being at the bonfire in my rush to get Daphne and drag her back to the library so the Valkyrie could heave the dead prowler off Logan before it completely smothered him.

“Sure, if we had some proof,” Daphne said. “But the statue was smashed to bits and the prowler evaporated, remember? Besides, do you really want to explain to Metis why you were spying on Morgan and Samson and what they were doing? She’s sure to ask why you were at the library in the first place, since it closed early tonight because of the bonfire.”

I bit my lip. Daphne was right. I couldn’t tell Professor Metis what had happened, not without getting into the whole weird story. Metis was cool, but I doubted that she’d think too kindly of me breaking into Jasmine’s room, swiping her laptop, and then spying on the dead Valkyrie’s best friend and boyfriend because I had a weird vibe about the whole situation.

“Too bad about the prowler, though,” Logan mused. “I would have liked to have shown it to Coach Ajax. He would have been so impressed.”

“True,” Daphne agreed.

I looked at the two of them. “Geez. Do you guys really think killing a mythological monster is that cool?”

Daphne and Logan looked at each other.

“Totally,” Daphne said.

“Absolutely,” Logan agreed.

And they thought I was a freak. At least I had the good sense to be scared of things like prowlers. Things with big, sharp, pointy teeth that could rip me to shreds. I shivered again at the memory of the creature stalking me.

“Well,” Daphne said. “I think I’ve had enough fun for one evening. I’m going back to my room. I still have that paper to write for English lit.”

“Let me walk you to your room,” Logan offered in a helpful voice. “You, me, and the Gypsy girl could have our own bonfire tonight.”

Daphne and I stared at each other. I rolled my eyes while Daphne sniffed.

“Oh, please,” she scoffed. “Like I need a guy to protect me. I’m a Valkyrie, remember? I could pick you up and break your back over my knee, Spartan.

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