May Bird, Warrior Princess by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Author:Jodi Lynn Anderson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2007-10-19T21:00:00+00:00

She looked up at the butler, bewildered.

He nodded his head respectfully, pursing his blue lips. “I suggest you go, madame. It’s in your best interest.”

May blinked at him a few times. “My best interest?”

The butler didn’t answer. He simply bowed and moved down the hall, perfectly erect.

May watched him go, and then drifted inside and showed the note to Beatrice.

“You should go,” Bea said solemnly.

May stared down at the letter. “Why would I go? We’re supposed to be here secretly.”

“May, the Duchess of Lauderdale is quite famous. In life, she murdered her husband. And I hear she can be equally unkind to people who decline her invitations.” Bea paused, then made a slicing motion across her throat.

“Oh,” May said, rubbing her neck and swallowing. “Oh?”

“It’s just the way things are done. And I think, well, specters in Portotown are too self-absorbed to know who you are. I doubt they read the papers, and you’ve grown so …” Bea took the letter and stared at it a moment longer, tapping the word “date” with her petite index finger. “The question is not if you are going to go, but who are you going to bring?”

“I’d really rather not.” Pumpkin was lounging on his bed the next morning, his hands behind his head. May stood with her letter at her side, her big brown eyes pleading. “Everybody’ll recognize me. They’ll make me do the whole song and dance, and then another song and dance. They only ever want to hear the big hits.” He sighed. “You go ahead without me. I’m used to big fancy parties. You’ll enjoy it.”

“Meow?”

May looked down at Kitty. “I don’t think they allow banished species as dates,” she muttered sadly.

“You should bring Lucius,” Pumpkin went on, gesturing carelessly toward Lucius, who sat in the windowsill making a slingshot to sling ectoplasm balls at passing specters. This seemed to annoy Fabbio no end, and he kept glancing up at Lucius, his mustache twitching.

May and Lucius looked at each other. Lucius dimmed, then scowled. May looked away, tightening her ponytail and running her fingers through her long black hair.

After a minute or so, Lucius sighed. He plucked at his slingshot restlessly. “Do I have to get dressed up?”

“Probably,” Pumpkin threw in, before May could answer.

“Can I bring my slingshot?”

“No,” May said firmly.

He considered, his blue eyes thoughtful. “Okay. I’ll do it.”

May felt a leap of excitement. “Okay.”

Heading back to her room, May felt mixed up inside. For all her confusion, and fear, and uncertainty, she couldn’t help smiling. She was about to go on her very first date.

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