Part two of Happy People Shine Brighter! Everyone is reeling from the confrontation with Dr Lang, and Penny, Baz, and Simon are forced to spend the summer alone with their thoughts. When they get back to school in the fall, everything is different. Or is it? A new ally wants Penny to help her carry out Dr Lang's plans. Baz takes up baby sitting, sort of, a third year girl with a

After Simon goes off on Baz by accident, he begins to question why they are fighting at all. As the two start to learn to trust eachother, a new threat looms: where are all these were beasts coming from?

How long had it been? A week? Two? For the first few days, he called and called, trying to get me to answer the phone. I ignored the ringing. Eventually, it just stopped.