Super Villain Academy 2: Polar Opposites by Kai Strand

Author:Kai Strand
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9781611608359
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press
Published: 2014-05-31T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

“Dad, I can’t be in class right now. It turns into a three ring circus when I’m in the room.”

Just then, the door to Frank’s office pushed open. Hans shuffled inside, his cheeks red and eyes downcast.

“What’s up, Hans?” Frank asked.

“I brought iced tea for your son,” Hans said. He handed a cold sweaty glass to Jeff, blushing an even deeper shade of crimson. “I put three packets of sugar in it, sir. I hope you like it sweet.”

Refusing the tea, Jeff leveled a look at his father. “Get it now?”

Frank curled his lip. “Everybody?”

Jeff nodded. “Even Mr. Bentley and old lady Washbuckle.”

Frank grimaced. “Okay, go. Go home. Straight home.”

Jeff strode to the door.

“Sir, your tea!” Hans called.

If anyone was going to be immune to his charms, Jeff thought it would be Set. Knocking on the door, he tried the handle, but it was locked. He knocked louder. A Pekinese at the end of a long leash perked its head up and sniffed the air in Jeff’s direction. The stooped old lady holding the leash did the same. Jeff knocked more insistently. At last the door swung open, accompanied by a few muttered oaths.

Jeff slid inside and slammed the door behind him.

Set peeked at Jeff through heavily lidded eyes. His hair curled over the top of his head in a perfect dune on one side and was smashed against his face on the other.

Eyeing Set’s boxers, Jeff asked, “Did I wake you?”

Set ran his hand through his hair collapsing the wave cresting over his ear. He closed his eyes and absently scratched his bare chest. “Yes, you friggin’ woke me. Why the hell would I be up this early if I didn’t have to be?”

Jeff glanced at his watch and grimaced. It was eight thirty. Oops. “Don’t you ever go to school?”

“I only have a couple classes.” Set scowled. “Something’s different about you.”

Eyeing him warily, Jeff asked, “Like what?”

Set stepped forward, suddenly appearing awake, alert and annoyed. He sniffed the air like a bloodhound on a scent.

“Dude, you’re creeping me out,” Jeff said. His back was pressed against the door, so he slid sideways away from Set.

“You’re,” Set stepped toward Jeff again and inhaled deeply. His expression was a cross between confusion and euphoria. “I don’t know what you are, but you smell like a storm.”

Jeff held a hand out in front of himself to keep Set at least an arm’s length away. He didn’t trust the mischievous glint in his eyes. “What do mean I smell like a storm?”

Set shook his head then shook it harder as if clearing it. He grimaced and took a couple steps back. “I don’t know. You just smell like the air before a big storm.” He spun on his heel and walked down the hall. “It’s creepy. Stop.”

Jeff watched him disappear down the shadowed hallway. “Yeah, like I know how,” he mumbled.

“Leave,” Set yelled from his room.

“Anything new on Oci?” Jeff called back. He thought he heard a rumble of thunder and knew it hadn’t come from outside, where the skies were clear and blue.

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