Cursed Academy (Year Three and a Half) by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Paranormal, Supernatural, Teen Romance
Publisher: Holly Hook
Published: 2019-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Maria and Mikey surprised me later that night with a batch of sloppily made, but awesome cookies straight from the kitchen downstairs. Mikey, still wearing oven mitts, knocked on my dormitory door with the pan itself and held them up to my face as I sniffed.

"Special delivery," he said.

I eyed Ronin, who had collapsed on my bed from the exhaustion of today's earlier events. "Cookies? What for?"

Mikey screwed up his face. "For preventing me from becoming a full male Siren in the middle of that blizzard. I was close to maturing. If I'd seen Cal or even breathed in his scent, I would have attacked him. And then he would have had to attack me back, and he probably would have killed me. Cal said that once I mature, even he won't be able to restore me to humanity. And I don't want to end up like that."

Then Maria jabbed him in the ribs.

"Hey!" Mikey said.

"These cookies are also because you stood up to Zeus like a pro," she said.

I swallowed as Ronin walked up behind me, making a joint pop. "You didn't have to."

"You are the first person ever to stand up to Zeus," Maria said. "Now we're all going to Olympian so long as we keep proving ourselves."

I felt as if a spotlight were glaring down on me and I didn't like it. Ronin was right to say it was uncomfortable. If Zeus got angry at me and I pushed his buttons enough, there would be hell to pay. I just knew. "We don't know what 'proving ourselves' even means."

"I already told Ted," Maria half-squealed. "He's happy for me. I won't have to worry about sprouting a new eye in my head for a while yet. With Cal around, who knows how long we can hold those changes back?"

"Cal's got his work cut out for him," Ronin said.

Wendy came up and joined us a few minutes later--she had just gotten off the phone with her angry mother--and she, too, wore a rare smile. "We're all getting out of here," she said. "I thought it would be great having Hades here, but it's not. I think Serena was following me, but I lost her by taking the long way around the dorms. You never know with her."

Yeah. She liked creeping around in a shadowy form, one I had borrowed before. Wendy closed my dorm door behind me and we dug into some cookies. Once there were none left, Wendy dabbed her lips.

"How are we supposed to meet the gods' expectations?"

"Huh?" I asked, sitting on my bed.

Wendy took the desk. "Zeus said we could get into Olympian so long as we kept proving ourselves. He didn't give us details. Sorry, but we're not out of the woods yet."

I gulped and looked to Ronin.

Ronin worked his jaw. "I don't know what that means. Will he have some kind of quest for you guys? Something difficult?"

"A quest?" Mikey asked, pacing. "Let's see. We've gone to the Underworld, escaped a burning underground

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