Let’s see how brave you are. I’ll be at his altar, because I have nothing left to burn.At school on Tuesday, Alex and I had just grabbed lunch when Gage waved us over.“Logan! We could use your help.”At the squad’s usual lunch table, Bear was in the middle of a large-scale freak-out.“What’s going on?”“I got an F,” he said with a look of horror.I looked at him sideways. “Bear, an F isn’t the end of the world.”“Yeah, it is. If I fail this class, I can’t stay on the squad.”Whoa. I didn’t know that. I put my tray down and grabbed a seat. “What class?”“Bio.” He folded his arms on the table and let his head fall on top.Max raised his eyebrows over the bottle of water he’d just guzzled. “So study extra this week. No big deal.”But Bear’s face just got redder. “I can’t! I have to work, and we’re doing knots this week in J squad.”Amanda shook her head. “Bear, we’re not going to let you fail. Logan’s a genius. He’ll help.”I choked on my turkey sandwich.
