Chapter 12

Chapter 12 SURPRISE! THE EVOKER KING IS... A LLAMA? WAIT, THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT. It was a llama. A giant llama. In the closet. Standing next to her brother.

"Okay, that…is not what I expected," Jodi said. "Jodi?" squealed Morgan. "What are you—? You shouldn't—" "Happy birthday!?" Po said with enthusiasm and confusion. He and Harper were holding a half- decorated banner that said those same words. He added meekly, "A little early."

"You got me a llama?!" Jodi shouted.

But the llama's head popped off, revealing Ash, who smiled bashfully. "A llama costume, anyway," she said. "It's just like a Minecraft skin," said Po. "But for real life." "And it is so, so soft," Jodi said, petting the arm. "I guess the cat's out of the bag," Morgan said. "Or the llama is. We wanted to do something nice for your birthday." Jodi slapped her forehead. "Right. It's my birthday. Next week. Oh, brother." She slapped

her forehead twice more. "I ruined my own birthday surprise." "I told you she was suspicious," Ash said to Morgan. Morgan nodded in agreement. Po grinned. "Should have known better than to try to keep a secret from spymaster Jodi." "I didn't think you'd ever find this closet, though," Harper said. "Even the Evoker King left it out of his model school." Everyone chuckled for a moment. But then Jodi's mouth dropped open. She reeled, and the room seemed to spin. And it was like the others could sense it, too. They watched Jodi as information started clicking into place in her brain.

There were no cameras in the closets. There were no cameras in the bathrooms. There were no cameras in the gym. The Evoker King had built a model of their school. That model was realistic in every way. Except for the closets. And the bathrooms. And the gym. "The Evoker King doesn't go to this school," Jodi said, her mind racing to catch up with the theory that was forming.