Shady

“Of course we’re not going the way we came,” Ky scoffed. Was he stupid? There was a ghost! Pratik laughed at her inflection, still warily watching the ghost, but more ...

Ky nodded, looking up at the ghost fearfully. “Right… well…. I’ll try not to fall face-first in a thicket of briars this time. But I still vote we run away.”

Ky was blushing profusely, absolutely mortified that she was basically an overgrown toddler with not one but three strangers having to help her wimpy, incompetent self. “Thanks,” she murmured shee

“Yeah.” Sadie cleared the rest of the platters off the bed and sat down on the edge with a heavy sigh. “I’m tired.”

"No doubt." Sadie nodded. She groaned and leaned forward, setting the bowl on the counter. "I think I'm full... actually, I'm definitely full. Over-full. But I think I'm done now."

Pratik nodded, and changed his behavior none whatsoever. Sure. Okay, buddy. Be overly confident and die. See if Pratik cared. That wasn’t true. Pratik was going to stay between all ...

Pratik kept watching the ghost but slowly walked backward towards the three of them. "Or we could compromise and cut her out and then gently work the thorns out. That ...

Ky cringed. Did he plan on just yanking her out? That’s what it sounded like, with him saying it wasn’t going to be pretty. Her entire body was going to ...

Ky was holding very still, expression neutral, though her eyes betrayed her anxiety as she looked up the hill at the ghost. Then she looked back at Quinn. “I can’t ...

Pratik elbowed Gabriel and yanked away, ripping his poncho in the process, but it was too late, they were already tumbling down the hill. With his knife still in hand. ...

Pratik looked at it and sighed. He didn’t like fighting non-human monsters. Well. He didn’t like fighting humans, either. But they were more or less easy to kill. But beasts ...

She laughed lightly at the joke, but sobered a bit at their question. “Eh. I just kind of vibe these days… be nice to get some new clothes tho. Been ...

This was unreasonable. He’d packed her books. Books . No wonder this stupid thing was so heavy. She wondered why it weighed so much when they both knew he didn’t ...

Sadie nodded. “I get it… maybe you can use your prize money to pay for college?”

“Mm… what happened?”