A couple of rats’-tails, left long on purpose, were hanging from the back of her head. A purple bandanna sewn with sequins held back the rest of her hair, which had been hacked into uneven layers as though attacked by a straight-edge razor. Magpie flicked back from her face a long braid that had been dyed an improbable shade of platinum blond. From each earlobe dangled long earrings wrought from copper wire and some sparkly crystal.īut something else was different. Magpie’s right ear had been pierced at least a dozen times along its edge, and it was lined with tiny silver rings, giving it the appearance of being sheathed in chain mail. “Hey!” she said, dumping the bags on the floor in an untidy heap. Thea actually did a double take when Magpie all but fell into their room, a large and apparently heavy backpack on her back and a smaller duffel bag in each hand. The first unpleasant surprise was her roommate. THEA HAD STARTED THE new school year at the Wandless Academy with enthusiasm and a sense of purpose-but then things began to unravel with unnerving speed. IT TOOK BOTH TOO long and no time at all… TERRY, WHO HAD ALREADY half pulled his laptop out of…
“I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND bad news,” Thea said as… “I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND bad news,” Ben said. “IT FEELS,” A YOUNG, dark-haired Nikola Tesla said in a… “OKAY, ONE MORE TIME,” said Ben, ticking his points off… “I SHOULD HAVE FIGURED,” TERRY said, after a moment of… THEY HAD BEEN A team only twenty-four hours before, but…
IT TOOK THE BETTER part of an hour to explain… UMPHREY STARED AT THE paper in his hand with an… IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG for Humphrey May to show himself. THEA HAD STARTED THE new school year at the Wandless… Who has never known a world without cybermagic
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