Green with Envy by Jessica Burkhart

Author:Jessica Burkhart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

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Stable, Dinner, Sleep, Repeat

As the Friday class party got closer, Bella felt as if she and Violet were growing further and further apart.

The same routine played out every day since Violet’s first day at Crystal Castle. Violet always managed to be up before Bella. The princess had even set an alarm so she would wake earlier, but over the past four mornings, this one included, Violet had been awake and dressed, and had either eaten breakfast or been in the process of eating when Bella had reached the kitchen.

Every time Bella asked Violet what she wanted to do, Violet had the same answer: Go to the royal stables and visit Glimmer. Not that Bella ever wanted to stay away from Glimmer, but she was starting to feel as though Glimmer was Violet’s unicorn and not hers.

Ben always helped Violet groom or feed Glimmer when Bella’s cousin came to the stable without Bella.

And, as if that wasn’t enough, Ivy and Clara adored Violet. Bella had started to come up with more excuses not to hang with the three girls because she felt like an outsider with her own best friends. She didn’t know what her cousin was up to at the moment. Actually, she hadn’t seen Violet for a couple of hours.

“Five more minutes,” Bella said to Glimmer.

Bella had taken Glimmer from her stall and released her into one of the castle’s grassy pastures. Gentle sunlight beamed down on them, and it was a cloudless day in Crystal Kingdom. A light, warm breeze blew back Glimmer’s mane as the white unicorn nibbled on grass. Bella wanted—no, needed—to talk to someone, so she had taken Glimmer outside where no one was around to hear her talk. She was sitting in the pasture, knees drawn up to her chest.

“The very last thing I want to tell you is about yesterday morning,” Bella said. “I got up and, of course, Violet was already up. I went into the back room of the castle that leads to one of the patios.”

Glimmer took a step closer to Bella and munched the long green stalks of grass.

“I peered through the glass, and Violet was sitting in a lawn chair, using her Chat Crystal. I blinked, like, fifty times to make sure what I was seeing was real.”

Glimmer’s big brown eyes stared into Bella’s as the unicorn listened.

“Violet was talking to Clara. As in, my best friend Clara. Without me!” Bella let out a giant sigh and ripped up the stalks of grass that she had been twisting around her fingers.

“I’m so confused, Glimmer. Before Violet got here, all I wanted was for her to make friends with Ivy and Clara and for you to bond with her. All that has happened, and it’s not what I was expecting, I guess. I feel like somebody crashing their party.”

Glimmer cocked her head as she looked at Bella.

“They haven’t really left me out of anything, but I don’t think they’d miss me.”

It was true—all of the girls had taken a

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