me the cheerleader welcome.
She turned her back.
Humiliation heated my cheeks as Cheerleader Chick said something to the group and they tittered, gawked at me, and snickered.
Not one of them smiled. Most did the same flick-over dismissive thing before turning away and heading up the street towards town. Leaving me as helpless and mortified and angry as I’d been at Wolfebane High.
There too I’d tried to pretend princesses didn’t get to me, that my grades were all that mattered, but with every condescending smirk, every haughty glare, I’d wanted to smash my fist into their conceited faces. Not that I was pro-violence. Unless provoked.
Who needed all that perfect hair, perfect makeup, perfect outfit crap anyway? Who needed friends?
But as I watched the tight-knit group stroll down the street in all their trendy glory, confident in their place in the world, a small part of me yearned to run after them, to be part of their shared secrets, their out-there prettiness, their inner circle.
“Cliques are the same the world over, huh?”
I stopped staring at the princess posse and mustered a tight smile for the girl who’d voiced my opinion. A girl who looked about twelve, wearing a bizarre outfit of saffron sequined halter top, camouflage pants, and patent leather Mary Janes.
“You go to school here?”
She nodded, her baby face losing years by the second. “Third year.”
I’d never been good at small talk so I scrambled for a semi-polite response. “You like it?”
“Yeah, it’s not bad.”
She pointed at my bags. “First day?”
“Uh-huh.”
She glanced at her watch. “Gotta run. Good luck.”
Great, even the youngest, worst-dressed kid in school didn’t want to hang around me. And how could she be in third year when she looked like she belonged in preschool? I must’ve been staring because she pointed to her face.
“Don’t let this fool you. I can conjure up a good spell like the rest of them.”
Just like that, my bubble of normality burst. It had been thin to begin with, but it had been there, an illusion that this place was like any other high school, complete with an in-crowd tailor made to ignore me.
But nothing about C.U.L.T. was normal, as I’d soon find out.
END OF SAMPLE
Table of Contents
Prologue
PART ONE - You Found Me
In the Beginning
To Tell the Truth
Hindsight is Always 20-20
Normal is Relative
The You Know What Hits the Proverbial Fan
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses a Boyfriend
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 18
Goodbye, Mr. Fluffy Rabbit
PART TWO - Was It a Dream
When I Get Outta Here, I’m Gonna Write a Book!
This May Hurt a Little
I Feel Like a Hero
This is All Your Fault
Now He Tells Me
Eenie Meenie Miney Mo
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 5
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 6
In the Arms of the Angel
My So-Called Life
PART THREE - Hello and Goodbye
Meanwhile, Back at the Larsons’ …
A Lie of Omission
New Home Renovation
Someflippinghomecoming
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 29
Emotional Rollercoaster
What the Devil?
Maybe This Angel Thing Isn’t So Bad
So This is What it Looks Like
A Slight Hiccup
Best Laid Plans
Let’s Ride
PART FOUR - Closer to the Edge
So It Shall be Done
Last Impressions
Praefatio - Book 1, Chapter 72
Do They Know it’s Christmas?
Unhappy Ever After
For My Own Good
A Letter from Georgia McBride
Table of Contents
Prologue
PART ONE - You Found Me
In the Beginning
To Tell the Truth
Hindsight is Always 20-20
Normal is Relative
The You Know What Hits the Proverbial Fan
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses a Boyfriend
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 18
Goodbye, Mr. Fluffy Rabbit
PART TWO - Was It a Dream
When I Get Outta Here, I’m Gonna Write a Book!
This May Hurt a Little
I Feel Like a Hero
This is All Your Fault
Now He Tells Me
Eenie Meenie Miney Mo
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 5
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 6
In the Arms of the Angel
My So-Called Life
PART THREE - Hello and Goodbye
Meanwhile, Back at the Larsons’ …
A Lie of Omission
New Home Renovation
Someflippinghomecoming
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 29
Emotional Rollercoaster
What the Devil?
Maybe This Angel Thing Isn’t So Bad
So This is What it Looks Like
A Slight Hiccup
Best Laid Plans
Let’s Ride
PART FOUR - Closer to the Edge
So It Shall be Done
Last Impressions
Praefatio - Book 1, Chapter 72
Do They Know it’s Christmas?
Unhappy Ever After
For My Own Good
A Letter from Georgia McBride
Table of Contents
Prologue
PART ONE - You Found Me
In the Beginning
To Tell the Truth
Hindsight is Always 20-20
Normal is Relative
The You Know What Hits the Proverbial Fan
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses a Boyfriend
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 18
Goodbye, Mr. Fluffy Rabbit
PART TWO - Was It a Dream
When I Get Outta Here, I’m Gonna Write a Book!
This May Hurt a Little
I Feel Like a Hero
This is All Your Fault
Now He Tells Me
Eenie Meenie Miney Mo
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 5
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 6
In the Arms of the Angel
My So-Called Life
PART THREE - Hello and Goodbye
Meanwhile, Back at the Larsons’ …
A Lie of Omission
New Home Renovation
Someflippinghomecoming
Praefatio - Book 3, Chapter 29
Emotional Rollercoaster
What the Devil?
Maybe This Angel Thing Isn’t So Bad
So This is What it Looks Like
A Slight Hiccup
Best Laid Plans
Let’s Ride
PART FOUR - Closer to the Edge
So It Shall be Done
Last Impressions
Praefatio - Book 1, Chapter 72
Do They Know it’s Christmas?
Unhappy Ever After
For My Own Good
A Letter from Georgia McBride