Unleashed by Nancy Holder

Author:Nancy Holder [Holder, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780375983467
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-11-21T23:00:00+00:00

The wind. And the howls.

The wind. And the screams.

Fangs, and fur,

flashing in fury and madness,

charging through the forest.

Relentless, a killing machine, a demon.

It is screeching; it is raging; it is shrieking:

Vengeance is mine.

Click. Click. Click.

The sound of claws on hardwood echoed through it all.

9

The next morning, the sign mounted on the roof of Wolf Springs High read BECKY JENSEN IN MEMORY. Stuffed animals, bouquets of flowers, and pictures of Becky lay on the floor in front of a locker very close to Katelyn’s. Katelyn recognized Becky from English class—brown hair cut in a bob, freckles, like her.

There were more tributes scattered in clusters throughout the building. Girls were hugging each other, crying. Teachers were grim-faced. A boy in a black knit cap was passing out flyers. Katelyn took one. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CHILDREN? DEMAND ACTION! TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT 7 PM.

Cordelia cornered Katelyn on her way to history class. “Sorry again for everything,” she said. Cordelia looked even more tired than she had before, and Katelyn felt closer to her, knowing that she had so much strangeness to deal with outside school.

Katelyn shrugged like it was no big deal. “Who won?” And what did they win at? she wanted to add.

“Arial,” Cordelia said, sounding disgusted.

“Do you even care?” Katelyn asked, surprised.

“It’s complicated.” She bit her lip. “So, what did you tell Trick?”

“Just that you were involved in family time and I needed a ride home.”

“I’d appreciate you not telling people how strange … well, anything about my family, actually,” she said, looking relieved.

Yeah, no kidding, Katelyn thought. “Of course I won’t.”

There was an awkward pause. Katelyn wanted to make things better. She cleared her throat. “On an unrelated topic, I think Trick’s taking me to this party. If they still have it. What should I wear?”

Cordelia brightened a little. “Oooh, party! Whose?”

Katelyn wanted to kick herself. Because obviously, Cordelia hadn’t heard about the party and wasn’t invited. Katelyn had just assumed she would be.

“I’m not sure.”

“If you want, I can drive you home today and help you pick something out.”

Her clothes had been destroyed in the fire and she didn’t have much. But maybe that wasn’t the real reason Cordelia wanted to come home with her. Maybe she just needed a place to go.

“Make you a deal,” Katelyn said. “I don’t have anything to wear. Maybe we could go shopping tomorrow afternoon, then after, you can come over for dinner. Then we’ll do some work on our project.”

A smile twisted Cordelia’s lips. “Are you implying that I’m a slacker?”

“My lips are sealed,” Katelyn said, smiling back.

Their lighthearted moment faded as they walked down the hall. The Timberwolves looked shell-shocked. When the two girls made it to gym class, Mike and his group seemed meaner than usual. Katelyn did her best to ignore them, chalking up the hostility to fear. He really rubbed her the wrong way, but she was afraid of what he’d do if she said anything, so she kept her mouth shut.

“Tomorrow I’m taking you to Babette’s,” Cordelia vowed.

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