The Last Changeling by Chelsea Pitcher

Author:Chelsea Pitcher
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: teen, Romance, ya book, Young Adult, Fantasy, YA, Fairies, young adult novel, ya fiction, teen reads, Young Adult Fiction, teen lit, young adult book, ya novel, faeries, fey
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
Published: 2014-09-22T07:00:00+00:00

17

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Night cast her cloak over the land, but there were those who refused to sleep. We gathered in secret beneath the waning moon. Clad in the purest black, we attempted to creep across the grass toward the school. Unfortunately, Unity had experienced three unexpected days of showers, and the field was a muddy mess.

Terrible inconvenience for the soccer team, I thought with a smile.

It had been nearly impossible for them to practice in all that water. They’d slipped and fallen, muddying themselves like hogs, and thus had been utterly unprepared for a very important game. The field would dry, the grass would emerge once more, but the team had lost their chance to go to State.

Pity.

It was nice to know I could manipulate the elements in the human world as easily as in Faerie.

My foot made a sucking sound as I pulled it from a carnivorous puddle. Kylie hurried along beside me, following the cement path. Taylor and Keegan were farther off, darting from tree to tree. The rest of the students wouldn’t be arriving for an hour.

I could hardly wait.

Kylie’s voice broke into my thoughts. “I can’t believe you got the keys to the school.”

“I pretty much have a standing appointment on Fridays with Principal Jade. Yesterday, she went to get us some coffee, and … ” I let Kylie figure out the rest. It wasn’t as if I could tell her the truth.

Who needs keys when you can open doors with magic?

Kylie stopped by the ramp at the back of the school, waiting for the boys to tire of their game. “I’m just glad I didn’t have to ask Alexia to steal the keys from Janky Jim.”

I sat down on the stairs. “Would that have been a problem?”

“Not really. She owes me a favor, but I want to save it for something good.”

“Why does she owe you a favor?”

Kylie looked up at the sky. “I don’t hold it against her that she keeps us a secret. I don’t. But she acts like prom only matters to her.” Purple clouds drifted in front of the moon. The reprieve from light seemed to lend her courage. “It’s my prom too. I know it’s meaningless, but … ”

“There’s nothing wrong with caring about something, regardless of what it means to other people.”

Kylie nodded, momentarily distracted by the movement out on the field. Keegan had darted across the grass and was hiding behind the tree nearest to the school. Taylor was nowhere to be seen. But I could feel him watching; his eyes burned into me.

“I don’t want to care,” Kylie said. “But I do. I mean, I want to show up in this killer outfit and dance, and complain about how crappy it is even though I’m having a good time. So much has happened this year … ” She paused, staring off into the trees. “I just wish she’d support me. Support us, you know? None of those other people matter.”

“Would you feel better if she weren’t crowned queen? I bet we could entice the crowd to vote differently.

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