Three’s a crowd. At least that’s what I’ve heard, and I’ve definitely come to learn that it’s true. My best friend’s new girlfriend is a complete pain in the ass, and if it wasn’t for me being on my last warning at Gilford High, I’d definitely do something about it. The consequences of my doing so aren’t just your usual slap on the wrist kind of punishments. When strange things begin to happen, and my eyes start to freaking GLOW, I’m whisked away to ... you guessed it ... the Winterwood Academy for the ‘Gifted.’ I don’t feel very gifted. In fact, I feel like the biggest freak in an entire school of freaks. As the hottest guy at the Academy would say, “I’m the Queen of Freaks,” but coming from him, it’s actually kind of sweet. Oh, and did I forget to mention that not only am I having strange encounters with a Goddamn Goddess, I’m also hearing voices in my head, and there’s a book in the Academy library that’s actually TALKING to me! They say that only a true Winterwood Witch is capable of opening that book, so why the hell does it want anything to do with me?

Winterwood Academy Book 1: Gifted

I didn’t wait for him to reply.Instead,I began to finish up my laps.When I lookedaround,he was already jogging back towards the tennis courts,where Mr Wiggan was waiting to begin the lesson.


On the breeze,I could hear the stern teacher saying something about the fact that he didn’t live to wait on his students.No doubt Peter gave him an award-winning smile and breezed right through,avoiding any real scolding.


He might let his girlfriends walk all over him,but he seemed to have a habit of doing the same with everybody else.His charm had him waltzing through life.


Ass.I threw the comment at him in my head as I became breathless once more.


“Luckily for me,Lola wasn’t in my class for P.E or volleyball may well have turned into Dodgeball.I’d seen her play so many times,forced by Peter to go to her stupid games all because she was the captain of the volleyball team.If the guysat school had any sense,she was the one they would be calling Beast.


Chapter 4