House of Korba: The Ghost Bird Series: #7 (The Academy) (42 page)

The girl stepped forward, taking the bottles from me. She passed them to the kids, who spilled out from behind her to grab at the bottles.

“We’ve got more,” I said, taking the other bottles from Silas and opening one.

Silas knelt, and the kids came up, each taking their own from him. I helped the smaller ones open the bottles.

The older girl kept an eye on us, listening as Nathan and the boy talked.

I leaned into Silas. “I think we did it,” I whispered.

“Good job, Pookie,” Dr. Green said in my ear.

The satisfaction settled in. We did it. Yes, I definitely wanted into the Academy. If this was a job, and the boys were participating in helping other people, this was what I wanted to do.

The Ghost Bird Series

The Other Side

of

Envy

♥

Book Eight

♥

Written by C. L. Stone

Published by

Arcato Publishing

Coming in April 2015

ABOUT C. L. STONE

C
ertification

• Marvelour of Wonder
  
• Active Participant of Scary Situations
  
• Official Member of F.A.M.E.
  

Experience

Spent an extraordinary number of years with absolutely no control over the capping of imagination, fun, and curiosity. Willingly takes part in impossible problems only to come up with the most ludicrous solution. Due to unfortunate circumstances, will no longer experience feeling on a small spot on my left calf.

Skills

Secret Keeper | Occasion Riser | Barefoot Walker | Magic Maker | Restless Reckless | Gravity Defiant | Fairy Tale Reader | Story Maker-Upper | Amusingly Baffled | Comprehensive Curiousness | Usually Unbelievable