The School for Good and Evil 3-Book Collection by Soman Chainani
Author:Soman Chainani
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-04-29T00:00:00+00:00
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AGATHA
The Only Safe Place in the Woods
Two Tedroses jumped over the gatehouse wall, throttling for the Woods beyond the castle.
âHurry!â the real Tedros panted, dragging his clone past the gatehouse, emptied of guards, who were still on the battlefield.
Tears streamed down Agathaâs cheeks as she hugged the Deanâs bag to her muscled flank, her thick thighs and broad shoulders hampering her run. Blood and welts streaked their bare chests, though her prince looked far worse. A strange déjà vu seeped into Agathaâs grief, as if sheâd lived this scene beforeâ
All at once, the spell broke and she melted back into her own body, her tattered dress reappearing with a borrowed swan crest, her shoulders smaller, her legs more nimble.
But the crush of emotions was still the same.
âDovey . . . ,â she choked. âTedros . . . sheâs . . . sheâs . . .â
âI know,â he said, his voice rigid. He pulled her into the Woods, past the first line of trees, raining waves of red and yellow leaves. She could hear his heavy grunts, every part of his body wrecked. The only solace was that theyâd left Rhian in far worse shape. Brambles hooked onto her dress and Tedrosâ breeches, their shoes slipping on heaps of dead autumn fronds.
Alarm bells pealed from Camelotâs belfry, followed by a stampede of hooves.
âRun faster!â Tedros barked, his cheeks blotched red.
Agatha knew his anger wasnât for her. His anger was pain. His anger was guilt. The Snake had killed his best friend, his knight, and now his Dean, and Tedros had been powerless to stop him. Heâd tried to save Dovey. Agatha had too. But Dovey hadnât intended to be saved.
Even so, they hadnât gotten away scot-free.
Japeth had seen the two Tedroses lunge for the Dean as she fell.
Heâd known it was Agatha and her prince from the way theyâd tried to save her . . . from the horror on their faces. . . .
Now the Snake and his men were coming for them.
âWe canât outrun horses,â Agatha fought, resisting Tedrosâ pull. âWe need to hide!â
Hooves echoed over the drawbridge. Theyâd be here any secondâ
Agatha saw a steep downslope to the east, blanketed in fallen leaves. She wrenched Tedros towards it, who gleaned her plan, dashing for the hill and yanking Agatha behind him. Light faded around them, the treetops blocking out the sun.
Chasing her prince in the dark, Agatha felt despair overwhelm her.
Professor Dovey was dead.
Her fairy godmother.
The Dean whoâd known Agatha was Good before she herself ever did. The voice that had lifted her from the darkness when she had no hope.
Dovey had given her life to let them survive. To let them fix this story and find its real end.
Just like Agathaâs mother had, once upon a time.
All those sheâd looked to as family: Callis, Professor Sader, Professor Dovey . . . One by one, theyâd been felled by her story.
But not without purpose.
The thought hit Agatha like a wind to a sail, propelling her forward, even as the tears fell.
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