Jennifer Scales and the Messenger of Light by MaryJanice Davidson & Anthony Alongi

Author:MaryJanice Davidson & Anthony Alongi [Davidson, MaryJanice & Alongi, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-17T16:01:20+00:00

“I know, I know, I’m in huge trouble!” She said this as she and Skip burst through the front door, startling her parents on the living room couch. Brass quintet music blared from the stereo system, and a gentle fire licked away at the fire-place. “Just let me explain!”

From her parents’ expressions, she could tell two things right away. First, they had been enjoying a quiet evening without their teenaged daughter. Ew! And second, they had no idea what she was talking about.

“Never mind,” she concluded, spinning out of the living room. “Come on, Skip. Let’s go upstairs.”

Later that evening, after Jonathan had driven Skip home and Elizabeth had helped Jennifer wipe off her ruined makeup, she told them what had happened at the dance. Their reaction stunned her.

“Okay,” her mother said.

“Okay,” her father said.

“Okay?!” Jennifer searched the room for a trap, a hidden camera, something.

“Jennifer, revealing yourself tonight may have been a bit reckless,” Jonathan explained. “But most of the dangerous people in this town have already learned what you are. It sounds to us like you were protecting Skip. He’s your boyfriend. You care about him.”

“He’s not—” Jennifer interrupted herself with a sigh. Okay, she did care about Skip. “So you’re not mad at me? I mean, not everyone in that gym was a beaststalker. We were in a pretty dark corner, but I’m sure someone must have seen me when they shouldn’t have.”

Elizabeth shrugged. “It was a Halloween dance with costumes, the gym was dark, there was smoke, sprinklers were going off…who knows what people saw? Ordinary people have seen far clearer evidence of weredragons before and ignored it.”

“I wouldn’t make a habit of it,” Jonathan cautioned. “But there are so many other things happening now, this isn’t the sort of thing we can hammer you on. Your mother and I are actually more disappointed that your time with Skip was ruined. We had hoped the dance would help you relax a bit. Did you have any fun at all?”

“At first. After Susan went off, Skip and I—Oh gosh, Susan! Dad, we gotta go pick her up!”

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