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Prologue - Bad Mojo
Have you ever gotten a bad vibe that so terrible was about to happenonly to have it come true? Like when you were on vacation and suddenly had a flash of your best friend screaony—and she told you afterward she’d broken her ar sensation that you shouldn’t stay at that B&B in Maine—and the roof caved in that night? Or that time you swore you heard sirens at an intersection—and the toorst accident happened there the folloeek? Maybe it sounds hippie-trippy, but sometimes sixth senses are real If a little voice in your head is telling you so is up, maybe you should listen
In Rosewood, too irls So on a hot suht, when one of the horrible had just gone down, she tried to ignore it Lightning couldn’t have struck again
But guess what? It did
Although it was almost three AM in Reykjavik, Iceland, the sky was still an eerie daybreak white The only real clue that it was the ht was the lack of people—no one was on the shores of the Tjörnin pond The Kaffibarinn bar, where Björk allegedly partied, was e up and down theEveryone was safe in bed, blackout shades pulled tight, eye masks secured
Well, not quite everyone Aria Montgomery tumbled out an openof a dark chateau called Brennan Manor just outside town Her hip hit the cold ground, and she squealed loudly, then popped back up and shut thefast Inside, the alar, but she didn’t see any police cars cli the hill yet
She peered through the glass for Olaf, a boy she’d justhere? She was supposed to be snuggled in her bed at the guesthouse next to her boyfriend, Noel—not breaking and entering with a stranger Not about to be arrested and locked up for the rest of her life
Olaf appeared at the , hefting a painting up to the glass for Aria to see Bright, starry swirls swept across the canvas The little toas upside down, the spires looking like stalactites in a cave In the corner was the signature: VAN GOGH
As in Vincent
The dreamlike nausea washed over Aria onceand pulled it off the wall But now she realized how big of a mistake that had been
She looked at Olaf “Put that down!” she yelled through the glass “Get out before the cops come!”