Fae or Fae Knot (Providence Paranormal College Book 10) by D.R. Perry

Author:D.R. Perry [Perry, D.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-08-04T22:00:00+00:00

Ed

Back in the nursery, I found a ball and kicked it. Had to watch my mouth around Hope. If I wasn't careful, I'd owe her my life. I didn't want to owe a girl that much when I had work to do. There was a mystery in the queen's court, and I was on the case.

The ball made a hollow pinging sound as it hit the wall and bounced back toward me. I closed my eyes and ducked out of the way, remembering all those forbidden games of dodgeball back when I was at the regular school. That part of my life was over, and I was only seven. All the grown-ups called me an old soul. They didn't understand the half of it.

I shook my head and felt something flying off my face, not my hair. My nose was all stuffed up suddenly too, the stupid thing. I headed toward the bathroom looking down at the pale marble floor and how my shoes almost seemed like they were CGI'd in. I didn't even fit in here in the Under where half my family worked and lived. Down here, I couldn't talk to Rob, who kept me more cheerful than usual. I missed him, which was the story of my life.

I reached one hand out for the bathroom latch. Another one slapped it away. I turned, blinking up at Hertha Harcourt. She took one look at my face, and her flat mouth narrowed into something resembling the letter O. She reached toward my face, but I ducked and headed into the bathroom before she could catch me. At least if somebody had to see me cry, it was the motherly dragon lady instead of that birdbrain, Hope.

I washed my face at the sink, screwing my fists into my eyes to let whatever happened happen. When I got done crying, I flushed the toilet. You can't be too careful about not letting a girl see you cry. As I turned to dry my hands, the water I'd dripped everywhere made me slip. I stumbled into a weird gold planter with a stalk of bamboo sticking out of it and sat down hard on the floor. I'd seen a brownie before.

"That's not bamboo." I spoke at it from the spot on the floor where I sat wincing at my bruised tailbone. A draft of cool air hit the back of my neck.

"Of course not." The pitter-pat of feet smaller than mine echoed from the shower stall behind me. "What are you doing in here anyway, Ed?"

"There's no way you haven't learned what people do in the bathroom." I stood up and brushed off the seat of my pants, hoping nothing icky from the floor stuck to them. "It's not nice to hide in here."

"Well, duh. But I don't like being alone with the dragon lady."

"Bathrooms are for privacy." I shook my head. "Preschool helps with that idea, just saying."

"You big giant jerk." Hope put her hands on her hips. "You know I got home-schooled.

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