“Hannah pleaded. “Maybe the Fate Master will go easy on us.”
It was the next day. We were huddled at the back of the lunchroom. I could see Stretch laughing and kidding around with his friends at a table near the front. The Squires had won the game by two points, and Stretch had been a hero.
“I can’t do it,” I said, shaking my head. “Besides, you heard what the Fate Master said. He doesn’t make deals. It won’t help to pass it to Stretch.”
Hannah let out a sigh. She had her head buried in her hands. “Then what are we going to do?”
“I’ll find a way to defeat him,” I said. I bit into my ham sandwich. “Hey—!” I felt something hard.
“Oh no,” I moaned. I spit out a tooth.
In a panic I moved my tongue around the inside of my mouth. “My teeth,” I groaned. “They’re all loose. I’m going to lose all my teeth.”
Hannah didn’t lift her head. She whispered something, too low for me to hear.
“I’ve got to go,” I said, jumping up. “I have some ideas, Hannah.
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