Free Queen of the Fae: Book Two in the Fae Unbound Series (Fae Unbound Teen Young Adult Fantasy Series) by Jill Nojack Page A

little something about a trip to Scotland he involved himself in without mentioning to your mother where the two of you would be. So...I need to get to know James better before you two start running around town together. You can pick him up, but then you come straight home. Understand?"
    "Yes! You are the best mother in the world."
    Lizbet continued to beam as she ate her breakfast. There was no way she was going to be able to focus at school. James was coming home. Having him back where she could hold his hand wouldn't fix everything, but she was confident it couldn't make things worse.

    Lizbet racked her bike and locked it up. Behind her, from the loose group of boys loitering on the school steps, she heard catcalling, and then one of them called out, "Nice rack."
    She chuckled to herself. Tanji sure knows her jerks.
    As she walked up the steps, Tanji came clattering up the stairs behind her and fell into step with her as she entered the school hallway. "Are you so excited you can barely stand it? Your geeky hottie is coming home!"
    "Like I need to be reminded! I don't know how I'm going to stay focused in school today. This morning over breakfast, I was trying to review everything I studied last night for Physics, and I kept blanking out, grinning to myself like a big goober and thinking about James instead."
    Tanji opened her eyes wide and nodded her head with big, exaggerated movements, "I'm sure that will go away once he's here. Focusing on school will be much easier."
    "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't care. I'm walking on clouds today. I can hardly wait to see him."
    "Don't forget, Langoureth gets to see her brother again for the first time in over a thousand years, so I’m a little excited myself now that James and I are kind of related. I've been Little Miss Envy for years because you get to have a cool brother. So, maybe I've got me one now, too."
    "I hadn't thought about that. It's weird, but what isn't anymore?"
    Tanji put on a more serious face and said, "'But chica, it's not just James arriving on that plane tonight..." as Lizbet opened her locker and chucked in some books she didn't need until after lunch, "...how do you feel about James bringing company?"
    "You had to mention that when I was trying so hard to forget it. It's going to be uncomfortable, what else? I have all these conflicting memories and thoughts about him—a lot of them from Morgan, but some of them mine. At one point a month ago, he was stalking me, James, and Eamon around Scotland, probably completely willing to kill all of us, so it's hard for me to see Thomas as someone safe, no matter what James says about him. James actually likes him even though he's the reincarnation of the guy who murdered Myrddin...and the whole 'he's my grandson' factor is more than a little weird, too. My ancient Morgan has all these memories of him as this sweet-faced, serious little boy that she adored."
    The crowd in the hall was rapidly thinning, so they did their quick BFF hug and took off in opposite directions down the hall to class. As they parted, Tanji said, “I need to talk to you about something soon, but I want to wait until after you can think about something other than James, so be ready for a big, serious talk tomorrow.”
    Lizbet nodded, not really registering her friend’s serious expression. She almost passed right by the door to her classroom, distracted by the happy cloud of bliss that surrounded her. It was a strong day. No headache. Lizbet had faith now that whatever had been hurting her since Fae Day was going to be easier to handle with James around. They'd already been through so much together, and he always had her back.

    Lizbet lingered at the coach's office door after PE class. Since she was feeling confident and strong that day, she might as well say to Mrs. Armstrong what she'd wanted to say to her the first day of school.
    "Moore, you waiting for me for a reason?" the teacher said as she passed Lizbet in the hall and continued in to