The Underworld Trials of Luna
I yelp and sit back hard in my chair, a snarl already rising in my throat.
“Hey, hey!” Jesse snaps, putting one hand on my shoulder and the other on Midnight’s. “We’re going to be cool, right!? And you,” he snaps his head to me now. “Do not get to call her weird, okay? Midnight is very cool.”
“Yeah, I’m not weird, I’m cool,” Midnight says, peering around Jesse, looking smug as her shadows fade away.
I just stare at her, a little impressed with the immediacy with which Jesse has managed to calm her.