Free Super Girls (Cape High Book 13) by R.J. Ross Page A

tell her. "Elidee is more likely to get strange ideas if he pays attention."
    She lets out a sigh. "So you know about that," she says.
    "Yep."
    "She is way too young to be stealing boyfriends!" she complains.
    "I think she wants your attention more than his, though," I say thoughtfully. "As soon as we got here, she went to you, not to the dorms."
    "Are you both moving in?" she asks me.
    "Yeah, Nico showed up this morning and told us to pack," I say, not going into details. "Is he always like that?" I ask them.
    "Dad? Nah, sometimes he'll just ignore people entirely," Sunny says. "He likes computers better. I mean, sure there are exceptions—family, friends, any of the students that actually try, but for the most part, he'll always pick whatever he's messing with at the moment. And he doesn't always think about how the stuff he's messing with will mess with the people, either."
    "But he's a super hero!" I protest.
    "No he's not. Sure, he's a super, but he's not a hero. He calls himself neutral. He IS training super villains along with heroes, after all. It wouldn't be right to pick a side." He shoots me a little grin, shoving his hands into his pockets. "He's gotten better! Slightly. Okay, not really," he corrected himself quickly. Adanna just shoots him a look.
    "My papa is like that, too," she admits after a second of silence. "He prefers large cats to people, as well."
    "Is that why you came to this school?" I ask her, "because Nico's neutral?"
    "Not at all," she says, giving me a smile. "I came because Papa and Nico are best friends from before any of us were born."
    "It's a really small world. I mean, Aunt Liz is best friends with Jeanie—Star Spangled, who's married to Ken, who's America's Son, and Dad's best friends with a major name super villain."
    "Aunt Liz?" I ask.
    "Firefly."
    My jaw drops open for a second. "On what side?" I demand, even though I've got a good idea.
    "Dad's side," Sunny says. "Mom doesn't have any siblings."
    His mom is… "It's Lady Rose, right?" I ask, remembering the scene from HTV a few months ago. Only now am I really getting the full depth of what I saw. I hadn't been paying attention at the time.
    "Yep. I get my powers from her—well, the plant powers, at least," Sunny says. "She's overseeing Max's team, though, so it's a bit lonely right now."
    "He usually spends his weekends helping out local farms with her," Adanna says, her hand taking Sunny's. I don't say a word. "Here's the target practice area," she goes on, motioning forward. It's a shooting range, complete with a target system at the end of the field. There are at least five target shooting lanes, but there's only one student standing there. She's got a glowing golden bow in one hand and, as I watch, an arrow forms in her opposite hand.
    It's beautiful. I can't help but stare in wonder as she lets the arrow fly—and misses the target completely. I hear her growl under her breath, but she doesn't hesitate to make another arrow.
    "Keliah," Adanna says. I see the other girl jump slightly before turning to us. "You're going to have a partner here, starting tomorrow," she says. "This is Jennifer. Jennifer, this is Keliah," she introduces us.
    "Shouldn't it be Nico telling us this?" Keliah asks, staring at me. I don't think she's very happy about this at all.
    "We can confirm it with him, if you want. He's probably watching us now," Adanna says, motioning to a tiny little black speck on the pole next to the targets. "This entire campus is on camera."
    "Well, other than the bedrooms and bathrooms," Sunny says, "but the hallways outside them are recorded."
    "That's GOT to be illegal."
    "When you've got enemies that can walk through shadows, it's better safe than sorry," Adanna says.
    "Then shouldn't the rooms be recorded?" I ask, a chill running down my spine. This school has a lot of enemies, doesn't it?
    "No, but it picks up the sounds from inside the room just fine," Adanna says. "I watched the screens once, it was… really