Tam waited for Marny outside school. He’d already waved goodbye to Jennet as George drove her away. She wanted to come along, he could see it in her eyes, but it wasn’t worth the chance of trouble. Bending the rules was one thing, but they couldn’t risk Tam getting kicked off the beta team—not with so much at stake.
TA bright red grav-car swerved around the corner and shot down the street, leaving grit swirling in its wake. Lassiter. It hadn’t taken him long to talk his mom into restoring the privileges he’d lost as a result of tangling with fey magic. Tam rubbed his face and frowned.
So far, nobody suspected the “technical glitch” during the last beta session had been something more. But Lassiter had been in the Realm, all the way to the Bright Court. He’d be the first to notice somethi
