Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles by Meryl Yourish

Author:Meryl Yourish [Yourish, Meryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magic, fantasy, cats
ISBN: 9780988180406
Publisher: MAY Publishing
Published: 2012-10-11T23:00:00+00:00

TEN

Now We Are Three

Andy stopped short in surprise. “What are you doing here? How’d you get in my house?”

Becca held up a key. “It fell out of your backpack when you changed in the bathroom. Why did you ditch us?” she asked.

“What are we doing here? Where were you?” Mike’s words came fast and loud. “Why did you disappear? Do you have any idea how much trouble you’re in? Mr. Straight is really mad at you! He pulled us from the party after you ditched through the bathroom window. He thought we were in on it with you. Hey—how did you just open the door if you don’t have your key? What’s wrong with that cat? Is that—is that blood? Is it real? Andy, what happened?”

“Be quiet and close the door behind us,” Andy said, pushing past his friends. Andy followed Letsan into the kitchen, Becca right behind him. She was still furious. “Becca, I’ll explain later, but I need your help now. Can you please get those dishtowels and put them on the table?” he asked. Nodding, she did as he requested. Andy laid Goldeneyes gently down on the towels. She was still unconscious, her breathing shallow, but she was no longer bleeding, he was happy to see.

“Andrew,” Letsan said to him, “we need to get the bullet out now.”

“I know!” Andy said.

“Know what?” Mike asked.

“I wasn’t talking to you,” Andy muttered. “Letsan, we have to tell them.”

“Tell us what?” Becca asked. “Who are you talking to? Who’s Letsan? Andy, you’re starting to scare me. What’s going on?”

Letsan leaped onto the table and nuzzled Goldeneyes worriedly. Then he glanced up at Andy. “How much do you trust them?” he asked Andy.

“They’re my best friends,” Andy said. “They’d never do anything to hurt me.”

Mike was looking at Andy worriedly. “Andy, will you start making sense? Who are you talking to?”

Andy ignored him, watching Letsan, who stepped away from Goldeneyes and turned towards Mike and Rebecca.

“I agree,” he said. “They must be told. We are allowed to reveal ourselves under extreme circumstances, and this certainly qualifies. And we don’t have much time,” Letsan said privately. “Tell them. Make them understand.”

“How?” Andy asked.

“I don’t care how, just do it!” Letsan said angrily.

Andy ran his hand through his hair nervously. “Look,” he said to Mike and Becca, “I have to tell you something, and you have to promise me you’ll keep it between us. Nobody else can know.”

“Fine,” Mike said, still looking puzzled.

“I promise,” said Becca.

“Okay. You know how I’ve been telling you that there’s something off with Principal Saunders?”

“Yeah,” Mike said.

“Well, it’s worse than you can imagine. Oh, man, this is harder than I thought.” Andy took a deep breath to steady himself. “Okay. I have something to tell you both, about why I’ve been acting so weird lately.

Andy ran his hand through his hair again. “This is gonna sound crazy. Really crazy. But I swear I’m not making it up.” Becca and Mike watched him, waiting for Andy to start making sense.

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