Extraordinary October by Diana Wagman

Author:Diana Wagman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781632460387
Publisher: IG Publishing
Published: 2016-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

14. Two Hours Until My Birthday

The clock in the car said it was 9:47. Just a little more than two hours until my birthday. I pulled up in the driveway, glad to see lights on in the house. Mom was finally home. Together we would figure out how to save Dad and stop Madame Gold.

“Mom?” I ran up the porch steps and through the front door. “Mom?”

Oberon trotted out of the kitchen wagging his tail. Walker came out next. I sighed. The last person I wanted to see. “Where’s my mom?”

“She’s missing,” he said.

“What do you mean?”

“She came home right after she got your text about your father. But then she went outside and disappeared. Trolls are good at that.”

I ignored his disparaging tone. I wanted my mom—I wanted her badly. “Luisa’s dead,” I said. “They used her as a decoy to get me to the portal.”

He nodded. He knew all about it.

“Madame Gold has your… kind, you know all the fairies, under her control. She’s digging up your forest. Searching for some kind of mushroom.”

He nodded again. He knew everything.

“We have to stop her,” I said.

“That’s easy.” But his face looked anything but easy. “All we have to do is keep you safe until midnight and then you marry Trevor. You and he will be King and Queen of both worlds.”

“Trevor? Why would I marry him?”

“It’s okay. I get it. He won. You kissed him.” Walker’s shoulders slumped. “Maybe you marrying him will make Madame Gold go away.”

I was horrified he knew I’d kissed Trevor. But more importantly why did that mean that Trevor had won? Won what?

“It wasn’t a competition,” I said. “And I am not a prize.”

“But you kissed him. You belong together now.”

“What is it with you magical beings and one kiss? Most girls I know kiss a whole lot of guys and don’t marry any of them.”

“That’s not why you kissed him?”

“No. I just… I just… wanted to see what it would be like.”

“What was it like?”

“Oh Walker, none of your business, but it was fine.”

He was quiet. “The earth didn’t move?”

“It stayed absolutely still.” I could see his relief. “How did you know I kissed him? How did you know I’d come home?”

“I always know where you are. Don’t you feel our connection?”

I did. I didn’t want to, but I did. I changed the subject. “I have to find my mom.”

He didn’t say anything.

“I have to find my mom, save my dad, and kill Madame Gold.”

Walker looked shocked. “Fairies don’t kill.”

“Good thing I’m not really a fairy.” I waited, but he didn’t try to talk me out of it. “What is she?” I asked. “She said she had an itch. But she can’t be a fairy.”

“Not like any fairy I’ve ever seen.”

“There’s something she’s hiding. I think she has a secret and secrets make people vulnerable.” I was hungry again—always—and started for the kitchen. “If we can figure it out, it might be a way to get to her.”

“October.” Walker’s voice was low. “October. October, please.

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