Hex Hall
“It was the girl I'd been seeing since I'd started at Hecate, but she didn't look anything like a ghost; she looked very much flesh and blood.
"Wel?" she asked, raising one perfect eyebrow. "Are you coming or not?" I glanced over at Jenna. Al I could make out was a dark lump. By the sound of her steady, even breathing, I knew she was stil asleep.
The girl folowed my gaze. "Oh, don't worry about her," she said with a dismissive wave. "She won't wake up and sound the alarm. No one wil; I've taken care of that." Before I could ask what she meant, she turned and swept out the door.
I sat frozen until she reappeared in the doorway and said, "Oh, for Christ's sake, Sophia, let's go!" Now, I knew that folowing a ghost was a Very Bad Idea.
Everything in my body said that. My skin felt clammy and my stomach was in knots. But I found myself pushing off my covers, grabbing my Hecate blazer off the back of my chair, and catching up to her at the top of the stairs.
"Good," she said. "We have a lot ...of work to do and not much time." "Who are you?" I whispered.MoreLess
"Wel?" she asked, raising one perfect eyebrow. "Are you coming or not?" I glanced over at Jenna. Al I could make out was a dark lump. By the sound of her steady, even breathing, I knew she was stil asleep.
The girl folowed my gaze. "Oh, don't worry about her," she said with a dismissive wave. "She won't wake up and sound the alarm. No one wil; I've taken care of that." Before I could ask what she meant, she turned and swept out the door.
I sat frozen until she reappeared in the doorway and said, "Oh, for Christ's sake, Sophia, let's go!" Now, I knew that folowing a ghost was a Very Bad Idea.
Everything in my body said that. My skin felt clammy and my stomach was in knots. But I found myself pushing off my covers, grabbing my Hecate blazer off the back of my chair, and catching up to her at the top of the stairs.
"Good," she said. "We have a lot ...of work to do and not much time." "Who are you?" I whispered.MoreLess
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