Switched by Jen Calonita

Author:Jen Calonita
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

I Read You Like an Open Book

Jax is waiting for me when I get out of my Hexing and Healing Potions class, and he doesn’t look happy.

“What did you and Jack talk about yesterday?” A flash of lightning through a stained glass window highlights Jax’s already-dark expression. The weather has delayed this afternoon’s magic carpet racing scrimmage between the girls’ and boys’ dorms.

“How about ‘Hey, Gilly! Did you figure out how to counter-hex an angry court magician on a power trip in class?’” I ask.

“Or you could say, ‘Hey, Jax! Sorry I ran out of lunch with Jack yesterday and totally ignored my best friend,’” Jax counters. “You were being jerky.”

“You’re the one who was jerky!” I insist.

Jax stops short. “I was a jerk? I was a jerk? You were the one siding with that beanstalk-bragging liar! How can you stand him?”

Now it’s my turn to stop short. A pack of pixies flies into my back; then they grumble about my lack of etiquette and keep flying down the hall. “He’s nice! And I didn’t side with him. I agreed with him. There’s a difference, and you’d know that if you tried to understand the situation from our point of view!”

“Our point of view?” Jax repeats as a roll of thunder makes the ground shake.

Jocelyn whistles as she pushes between the two of us and keeps going. “Someone’s jealous,” she sings.

Does she mean Jax? Jax is a royal. They don’t get jealous. Do they? Sure, I’ve made a new friend, but Jax is still my closest. “Look, if you must know, I wanted to talk to him about Anna.”

“You told him about Anna?” Jax thunders along with the thunder outside. People look at us.

I pull Jax into an alcove. We stand in front of a window that is getting pelted with raindrops. “Yes, Anna!” Jax starts to protest. “He’s seen her with Stiltskin! He told me she seemed against the little troll, not with him. Jack thinks she wants to leave, but Stiltskin won’t let her.”

Jax’s eyes spark with a look I don’t understand. “Where? When? How does he know it’s actually Anna? And what makes him think she’s changed her mind about being in the Stiltskin Squad? You keep forgetting she left you standing here crying while she jumped on his magic cooking ladle and flew out of here.”

I smart at the reminder. “Maybe she’s realized she was wrong to trust him. Jack said Anna tried to stop Stiltskin from imprisoning his mom.”

“And he just happens to know this girl was your sister?” Jax snorts. “How would he remember her name? He’s lying!”

“He’s not,” I say, flustered. “Why would he lie about that? I need to rescue her. Now.”

Jax doesn’t look moved at all. “So let me guess.” He folds his arms across his chest. “You’re going to bust out of school with your new best friend, Jack, on a hunch and attempt to save everyone even though I’ve told you it’s a bad idea because you have no idea where the troll is and what he’s capable of.

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