Cursed by Jen Calonita

Author:Jen Calonita
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2020-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Fight or Flight

The squad members and gargoyles cross the flames in the bedroom and come racing toward us. Jocelyn shoots fireballs in their direction to hold them off. A gargoyle swoops across the room, coming dangerously close to grabbing my father as he’s the last one down the boot stairs. Kayla stuns the creature with a wave of her wand and hurries down after them as the roof catches fire. Wilson is squeaking madly in my ear, but he sounds far away.

I know I should move, but I can’t. Anna kidnapped my brothers. She is helping Rumpelstiltskin destroy Enchantasia. It finally occurs to me that there might be nothing I can do to stop this.

And I’ve never been more frightened.

Jax slides onto the floor next to me as arrows and flame balls fly past our heads. “Thief?” He stares into my eyes. “We’ve got to go.”

The first time I saw Jax, he was swinging from a chandelier while trying to break out of Fairy Tale Reform School. I’d never met someone with violet eyes before. Or fancied myself someone who could be friends with a prince. But right now, I don’t want to listen to him.

I curl into a ball, still not moving. “Anna has Han and Hamish.”

“Yes. And sitting on this burning floor isn’t going to bring them back.” Jax offers me his hand. “We’ll find them, but first we have to get out of here. Kayla has your family, Ollie grabbed AG, and Maxine and Jocelyn are holding off the squad. The only person left to take care of is you.”

I feel like I’m going to cry. “But I didn’t take care of them.”

“You will,” Jax says as I hear Jocelyn screaming for me in the background. Jax stays calm. “We will get them back. Trust me.”

I want to. Badly. But as the smoke overtakes the room, it feels so easy to give up. I had my chance to grab Anna, and instead, once again, I let her get away. Grandma Pearl is right—she can’t be saved.

You can still save Han and Hamish! You can stop this curse! But you have to get off that floor!

Who said that? I wonder. It doesn’t matter. The voice shakes me from this trance. I reach for Jax’s hand.

Then I see a gargoyle swooping toward us. I yank my hand back, knocking Jax sideways just as the beastie’s claws try to sink into his shoulders. I forgot how bad those things stink.

“I saved you,” I tell Jax. “Now we’re even.”

He shakes his head and helps me up.

“The boot is coming down!” a squad member shouts to the others still battling Jocelyn and Maxine. “Let’s get out of here!” The squad member grabs hold of a gargoyle and gets pulled out the window to safety.

“Wait!” Another squad member points to me. “He said not to leave without her!”

A gargoyle swoops toward me, and I grab an arrow from the quiver on the floor. I quickly nock it, ready to fire, but a burning beam from the ceiling falls in front of me, blocking the rest of the squad from view.

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