The Queen by C.J. Abedi

Author:C.J. Abedi [Abedi, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682303245
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2016-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

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Hearing Caroline utter those words pierced my heart. Before I could convince her that what she was thinking was insane, that I would never let anything happen to her, Copeland told us to quiet down. All I could do was stare back.

In frustration.

And anger.

As fear rose inside of me.

The rest of drama class was pure torture. And for more reasons than one. First, I wondered what Alderon and Puck were up to with this new game. It had them written all over it.

Second, I wanted to shake some sense into Caroline. Didn’t she know as well as I that this would put her life in more danger? Endgame? Did she not understand the danger she was in? This was no longer some retribution—a life was on the line. Her life.

Third, I wanted to bash Rowan’s smug face in. When he had gathered Caroline in his arms earlier it had taken all of my willpower not to throw him across the parking lot. And now, with his reference to Alderon, nothing would make me happier than giving him a good punch in the face. Football practice couldn’t come fast enough.

I waited patiently, or at least my version of patiently, for drama to be finished. It was an endless hour of agony. A tsunami of emotions ran through my mind. I hadn’t been prepared at the Halloween party because I thought that my people would abide by our rules. But since all of those rules were out the window, I knew I had to be on guard at all times. And I had tricks of my own up my sleeve. My father wasn’t the only one who had darkness running through his veins.

My only consolation came from taking advantage of my time with Caroline. Even though we were only pretending to be a couple, it still meant we could be near each other. I planned on milking it. And using that to my benefit as much as I could. I knew it wasn’t fair to her.

But life wasn’t fair to me either. And quite frankly, I just wanted to touch her as much as I could. I wanted to be near her, smell the strawberry scent of her hair, touch her silky skin. Even though I knew she was frustrated and angry with me. If I thought she didn’t want to touch me back, I would stay away, but I knew she wasn’t immune to me. Her body physically reacted to my presence, and that gave me tremendous satisfaction.

It was the only silver lining I had in this dark time.

The bell rang and as soon as Caroline was finished collecting her items, I took hold of her hand, smiling to myself as I did it.

“We need to talk,” Rowan said.

“Not here,” I said, looking down at Mr. Copeland.

He nodded as we walked out of the classroom, passing Mr. Copeland. I knew Puck couldn’t take over his body again. Rowan had made sure of that, and Odin had even placed a magical barrier on the school, Caroline’s teachers and friends, and anyone that she interacted with.

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