Killer Spirit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Author:Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780375849145
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2008-02-11T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Code Word: Flat

“Vote for Toby! She loves puppies.”

Puppies? Again? I glance around the room, looking for Noah. Instead, I see a room full of puppies, all of whom are staring straight at me. Something about their beady little puppy eyes has me looking down at my body, but thankfully, I’m fully clothed.

Unfortunately, I’m wearing a puffy pink monstrosity. It’s so big and fluffy and pink that I can’t even move. I hate dresses, and this one is trying to kill me.

“Nice dress.” And then Jack’s there, only instead of wearing a tuxedo, he’s wearing boxer shorts. Well. This is certainly an interesting (and not entirely unwelcome) turn of events.

“Toby?” Jack says.

I look down at my dress, hating it, and then a moment later, it disappears, and I would give anything to have it back again. I cover myself with the poms I’m suddenly holding in each hand, but Jack doesn’t seem to notice at all.

“Toby?”

“Go away!”

“Toby?”

The puppies are closing in, and when they open their mouths, I see razor-sharp teeth. This is so not good. Rabid puppies, disappearing fluffy dresses, and Jack just keeps saying my name over and over again.

“Toby? Toby? Toby?”

And then we’re at the dance, and he’s holding my arm, escorting me up to the stage, and I’m wearing the pink dress again, but I know with every fiber of my being that the second I step onto that stage and accept that crown, it’s going to disappear.

“Clap your hands, everybody!”

Where is that cheering coming from?

“Toby?”

“Everybody, clap your hands!”

“Toby?”

I’m cheering along with them. I can’t help it. I’m walking toward the stage and cheering, and Jack is calling my name, and the puppies are gnashing their puppy teeth, and I know this just isn’t going to end well.

“Toby?”

“What?” I spit out.

Jack reaches out to touch my face. “Run.”

The second the word exits his mouth, there’s an explosion, and as I fly backward, the world around me engulfed in flames, my last conscious thought is that my fluffy pink dress has disappeared again.

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