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air, caught it, and did a dip for an encore. It was Dancing with the Stars -worthy. Well, if I was a star.
    â€œWhat’s gotten into you?” Mom asked.
    â€œJust had a good day at school.”
    â€œWell, I’m certainly not complaining,” Mom said. “Feel free to waltz your way through the upstairs. It could use a nice cleansing.”
    I twirled my way into the living room. The totem pole wasn’t as much fun to dance with as Cole, but I could pretend. I glided my way upstairs with my partner and did a flying leap into my room.
    And then my mood took a sudden nosedive. Try and guess who was leaning against my dresser waiting for me.
    I shut the door so Mom wouldn’t hear, then I pointed the stick at Lou. “Leave.”
    â€œAngel—”
    â€œNo, I don’t want to hear it.”
    â€œWhat about your lessons?” he asked.
    â€œDon’t need them. Don’t need you.” And it was true. My powers hadn’t gone off on their own at all since he was out of my life. Not to mention that I just had major success with wish granting. I was doing just fine.
    â€œWhat happens when something goes wrong?”
    I shook the totem pole at him. “It won’t. And if it does, I’ll fix it. Maybe I’ll just grant myself a wish for everything to be fine. Isn’t that what you like to do? Play with wishes?”
    â€œAngel.” Lou’s face got serious. “Wish granting is not meant for someone at your level. You need to keep studying with me before you attempt that.”
    I rolled my eyes at him. He was such a liar. Wish granting was simple. He just wanted me to ask him for help. “Whatever.”
    â€œI mean it, Angel. It’s very risky to use powers that are beyond your grasp. Do I need to remind you of the time you turned your friends into statues?”
    â€œNo.”
    â€œAnd it’s not just you,” he said. “Take Gremory. He tried wish granting, and he lost control. Then he couldn’t undo the damage.”
    â€œWell, I’m not a demon.”
    â€œNo, but you’re a girl who doesn’t know how to control her powers.”
    I squeezed the totem pole. It took all my willpower not to tell Lou he was wrong, that I’d already granted a wish, and it all worked out perfectly. But I didn’t want him to go and undo it. Or worse, try to make Gabi hand over her soul as payment.
    â€œPromise me you won’t try it,” he said.
    â€œFine. I promise.” Lou wasn’t the only one who could lie.
    â€œGood. Because there can be major consequences. When Gremory tried to undo the wish and the problems he caused—he made a bigger mess.”
    I knew what Lou was doing. Giving me a lecture to scare me from trying anything advanced without him.
    â€œYeah, whatever,” I said. “Undoing powers is tricky.” It wasn’t like I had plans to undo anything, anyway. Max was going to stay popular forever. “Got it. Now go.”
    I pounded the totem pole on the ground.
    â€œAngel.”
    I pounded again. “Go!”
    With that, Lou shook his head and left.
    â€œAre you okay up there?” Mom called out.
    â€œYep,” I answered. “Just getting rid of all the evil in the room.”

chapter 11
    â€œCan you believe he tried to get me all paranoid about my powers?” I complained to Gabi as we walked into homeroom. “What a jerk.”
    â€œDefinitely.” But she was barely listening to me anymore. Couldn’t really blame her, though. I had been talking about it an awful lot. Nonstop, actually. “Hey, look,” she said as we got closer to her desk. There was a cupcake with blue icing there. And a folded note.
    â€œWhat’s that?” I asked.
    â€œA cupcake,” Gabi said, picking it up.
    â€œI know that. I mean the note. What does it say?” She shrugged her shoulder and unfolded the piece of paper. “Something sweet for someone