Marked - Chapter 22 Sporking

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

"She has a point," Damien said.

"She joined the Dark Daughters," Shaunee said.

"What!" Damien squeaked, his voice going up about twenty octaves.

…is there a typo here? Was one of Damien’s lines supposed to be said by someone else? Because if not…he’s just as stupid as Zoey is. I mean, look at that. He’s like a Slowpoke; hit him over the head with something and it takes him a while to actually feel the pain. Except in this case, it’s tell him something, and it takes a while for it to sink in.

"Leave her alone," Stevie Rae said, instantly coming to my defense.

Zoey, call off your little attack dog. She’s not scary, she’s just pathetic.

 

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Marked - Chapter 23 Sporking

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

"I hope the rest of them can find it," I said, glancing around me while Stevie Rae and I waited by the big oak tree. "It didn't seem this dark last night.”

Breaking news: Zoey continues to have no faith in anyone, and no one was surprised.

"It wasn't. It's really cloudy tonight, so the moon's having trouble shining through.

How oblivious do you have to be to not notice the change in the weather?

But don't worry, the Change is doing really cool things for our night vision. Heck, I think I can see as good as Nala." Stevie Rae scratched the cat affectionately on her head and Nala closed her eyes and purred. "They'll find us.”

I leaned against the tree and worried. Dinner had been good— seriously yummy broiled chicken, seasoned rice, and baby snow peas (one thing I could say for this place, they could really cook)—yeah, everything had been great.

I don’t know how much I buy that, given that they apparently serve salad every day for lunch.

 

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