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

Eww.Those two seriously needed to get a room.


Polly was stood off to the side,looking awkward and trying not to look at them.She clutched her bookbag so tightly to her chest that I thought her books might pop right out of it.


Even when Lola was nowhere near me,she still made me mad.Didn’t she have any common decency?I mean,sucking a guy’s face off right in front of his eleven-year-old sister,come on.


Against my better judgement,I found myself strolling over to them.My hand reachedfor the pendant around my neck,and I sucked in a deep breath to steady myself.


“Hey,Pol!Why don’t you ride with me again?”I called out to her,and Lola whipped around so fast that her head looked like the girl’s in the exorcist.I knowthat movie is rated eighteen,but teenagers will be teenagers,and really,it’s not even that scary.At least,that’s what I tell myself.I did have nightmares forabout a week after Peter forced me to watch it while we were babysitting Polly one night.


Chapter 13