Sneak Peek 3 of Tentatively Prewritten, Book 2 of the User-Friendly Guide to Ghosts Series by Mia Smantz
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Hello all!
I've been away for a while...
Welcome to the sneak peeks countdown for Tentatively Prewritten, Book 2 of the User-Friendly Guide to Ghosts series, by Mia Smantz. With the first book of the new series, Before the Guide, releasing on April 22nd, I'll be posting some snippets from the story to whet your whistles :)
Some housekeeping notes before we get to the good stuff... my first series, The Cardinal Series is all completed and available on Amazon Kindle Unlimited for free. It's also available for purchase. If you're interested in purchasing them, the links are here:
And, if you've already read the books through Kindle Unlimited and are looking to reread, consider downloading the 6-book anthology. You can free up some space in your Kindle Library and also support me, since authors only get paid the first time you read a book on your account. The 6-book link is here with some awesome new artwork.
Also the second, completed series, The Stillwind Series is all completed and available on Amazon Kindle Unlimited for free. It's also available for purchase. If you're interested in purchasing them the links are here:
Again, if you've already read the books through Kindle Unlimited and are looking to reread, consider downloading the 6-book anthology. You can free up some space in your Kindle Library and also support me, since authors only get paid the first time you read a book on your account. The 6-book link is here with some awesome new artwork.
Also--almost there, I promise--the second book of the User Friendly Guide to Ghosts, Very Rough Draft, is available for preorder. Order your copy today!
And now, on to the sneak peek of the new series.
“Tomorrow,” I promised myself in a low whisper, advancing my deadline.
No matter what, I’d talk to the guys tomorrow, not Wednesday. I owed them that much, so homework could wait. They needed an explanation, and I needed to think of one that wouldn’t put them in danger.
I pulled my phone out to scroll through the messages. They’d taken to sending DMs instead of confining themselves to the group chat, even Hunter who’d frequently been a man of few words.
KOLTON: Hey.
KOLTON: When are you going to stop hiding?
KOLTON: Look, I need answers.
KOLTON: Ben was my best friend.
KOLTON: Wordsmith.
KOLTON: Hey.
KOLTON: Willa.
KOLTON: YOU DIDN’T TELL US YOU’D BE AT SCHOOL TODAY.
KOLTON: Mr. Watkins is a tool.
KOLTON: We’re going to talk.
KOLTON: You know that, right?
KOLTON: Answer, come on, Wordsmith.
KOLTON: Ralph texted us your schedule.
KOLTON: I’ll see you in math.
KOLTON: How tf is the universe helping you now?
KOLTON: Motherfucking twice? Fuck the universe.
KOLTON: Just talk to me.
KOLTON: Willa.
KOLTON: Willa.
KOLTON: Willa.
KOLTON: Fine.
KOLTON: Have it your way.
Because that wasn’t ominous at all. Backing out of Kolton’s chat, I jumped into Ralph’s.
RALPH: So, listen, I know you might have some things going on inside that head of yours, and that’s why you’re avoiding us, but you’ve gotta talk to us eventually.
RALPH: Oh, hello stranger. Lucky that Mrs. Reed saved you. We need to talk. I’ll meet you after second period.
RALPH: Bailing?
RALPH: Look.
RALPH: There’s weird stuff going on, and you’re knee-deep in it.
RALPH: I don’t know if Kolton told you or not, but Ben’s dad is back from his bereavement. I figured you should know.
RALPH: Do you even read these? Maybe you blocked all our numbers?
RALPH: Okay, so google says that we’d get a notification if our messages weren’t going through, so that just means you’re ghosting us.
RALPH: I literally went to jail for you, and I didn’t do it to hold it over you or anything, but I really need some answers, even if it’s just about that night.
RALPH: What was that place? Why couldn’t you hear me when I was right there, yelling in your ear? It was like you were in a trance or something.
RALPH: Come on, lamb.
RALPH: Hunter says you missed lunch. Where are you at? I’ll bring you something. You get messed up when you don’t eat.
That was the last one he’d sent. Compared to the other two, Hunter had sent two messages in our brand-new, one-on-one conversation.
HUNTER ARMSTRONG: Ralph texted your schedule. You missed lunch.
HUNTER ARMSTRONG: Answer our messages.
The halls had emptied while I was walking, engrossed in my messages. Honestly, I was surprised the guys hadn’t jumped me while I was distracted. It was odd. I’d had to dodge them all day, and now they were missing in action?
A locker slammed behind me, making me spin.
Was it them?
No one was back there. It must have been a student who had turned the corner.
Chills raced down my arms, and the hair on the back of my neck stood on end.
I hurried to the sunny doors, feeling better with each step. My mind returned to the phone, the messages, and the obvious care bleeding through each word.
Why hadn’t they cut me loose yet, like yesterday’s news? I’d done nothing to earn such loyalty.
Go home, figure out what to say, and then say it tomorrow—no more chickening out. Do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollars.
The universe decided to toss a wrench into my good intentions.
In the parking lot, a trio of figures stood around my Jeep.
It clicked in my brain. That was why none of them cornered me in the hallway. They didn’t need to track me down in the throng of students when they could just lie in wait at my destination.
So much for talking tomorrow. Tomorrow would be today.
END EXCERPT
I hope you enjoyed it!!
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