CHAPTER 26Possessions Returned
The cracked window of Strathmartine Academy’s science lab welcomed a warm, lazy breeze as the sky, like a bright blue current, hosted tufts of cottony clouds. A clock chimed from the tower outside, the bells echoing across the vibrant green hills of Fort William. The sun—a rare sight—splashed into the room, urging the students to come and play.
Only a half hour more, Monte told himself. He stared at the back of Mr. McCormack’s head. The teacher’s hairpiece, still obvious, wiggled at the base of his gangly neck as he scrawled his final notes across the blackboard. Monte recalled the time he had cast a hovering spell on the ratty clump of hair. I can’t believe I did that, he thought. Eejit. His neck prickled with embarrassment, yet at the same time he couldn’
