Once Bitten (Shadow Guild: The Rebel 1) - Page 45
Coraline scowled at her. “You’re ignoring the point.”
Mary was about to respond, but her gaze landed on us. A huge smile lit up her face, and a shiver of unease went through me. It wasn’t an entirely friendly smile, and when I looked at Mac, I realized that she had the same expression.
They were friends, but…
It was kind of a murdery friendship.
Mary waded over and hopped out of the pool. Her swimsuit was ridiculous, bright yellow with sopping yellow feathers and an eye over each breast. She was dressed like a slutty Big Bird, and I choked back a laugh.
“Mac! Have you pranked us?” she asked.
“You better believe it.” Mac grinned. “But we need some help.”
Mary crossed her arms over her chest and raised one eyebrow. “Oh?”
“Yeah.” She nudged me. “My friend here can read the future and the past through objects. She’ll trade you that for—”
“Nope!” Mary held up a hand. “She’s got to play us in potion pong first, and if she survives, we can negotiate.”
“Survives?” I asked.
Mary nodded. “We don’t do business with just anyone.”
“That’s not true,” Mac said. “You guys have basically no standards.”
“Ha! We have weird standards, not no standards.” She gave me a look up and down. “And I can tell this one is trouble. Her aura screams it. So she’s got to earn an audience.”
“I can do it,” I said. “In the pool?”
“Yeah.” Mary grinned. “In a suit?”
“I don’t have one.”
“You do now.” She waved her hands at me, and my glittery slum queen outfit disappeared, replaced by a bikini that was blue and fluffy.
I was the Cookie Monster.
Fantastic.
I touched the chain around my neck. At least I still had the truth serum.
“Come on.” Mary hopped back in the water.
I looked at Mac.
“Good luck,” she said. “If you can avoid drinking the potions, I would. If not…well, good luck.”
“I’m going to grow a beak, aren’t I?”
“You’ll wish.” She shook her head. “I think this will be a little tougher. Just try to keep your wits about you.”
“Got it.”
I strode toward the pool, watching as Mary and Coraline set up the potion pong table.
Coraline looked me up and down, studying me intensely from behind her pink mask. “I’ve hooked you up with some of my potions to make this fair.”
“Thank you.” I climbed into the water. It sparkled and bubbled against my skin. Colors swirled through it, and every time I walked through a cloud of pink or purple, the water seemed to tingle strangely.
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