epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lyndall Clipstone [Clipstone, Lyndall]

Chapter Fifteen The night of the second ritual arrives in a heat wave. The midsummer sunset turns the sky to blood. The air is so heavy I can hardly breathe; ...

epub |eng | 2021-08-29 | Author:Nancy Springer [Springer, Nancy]

Chapter the Eleventh We stayed for the remainder of the night at the inn—the very same inn that had so rudely turned me away when I lacked a brother—and in ...

epub |eng | 2017-03-08 | Author:J. Cammeron [Cammeron, J.]

PART TWO Magical Tools CHAPTER FIFTEEN ~ The song of the dead ~ Ragel often used portals. He was used to feeling weightless and dizzy. It almost felt like he ...

mobi |eng | 2011-04-06 | Author:Book of Tomorrow

CHAPTER FOURTEEN One o’Clock The diary told me I had until one o’clock that day. It was quite unusual really, the morning playing out exactly as I’d read the night ...

epub |pol | 0101-01-01 | Author:Michael Grant [Grant, Michael]

epub |eng | 2021-07-27 | Author:Michael Scott [Scott, Michael]

“It is an old word. It means Death,” Black Hawk said. 6 Billy: “Marethyu. Death,” I repeated, focusing on the coffee, which had cooled enough to drink. I can say, ...

epub |eng | 2021-05-25 | Author:E.K. Johnston [Johnston, E.K.]

* * * • • • The handfasting ceremony was short. Pendt hadn’t met the person who did it, but they had a moment to chat before everything started. “I’m ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-24 | Author:Deborah Adams & Kimberley Perkins [Adams, Deborah]

Collins Wisps of Quinn’s dark hair disappeared around the tents and huts scattered throughout the canyon. Flickers of moonlight broke through the camouflage canopy above, guiding him in his pursuit ...

epub |eng | | Author:Jennie Wexler

CHAPTER 16 Stevie I’m not in an Uber. I’m alone in a bathroom in the student center lobby. It smells like pee and Lysol, and I swear I’m about to ...

epub |eng | 2016-10-27 | Author:Mary Ting [Ting, Mary]

Chapter 18 Lucia We landed. The dash for the light so fast some of us took flight. Even still, it nearly split some of us in half. As for me, ...

epub |eng | 2016-01-25 | Author:Pascal, Francine

Eight Jessica charged through the front door, followed by Todd, hoping against hope to find good news waiting for her. Their search up and down the streets of Sweet Valley ...

epub |eng | 2010-10-15 | Author:Gleitzman, Morris [Gleitzman, Morris]

I wake up with a painful light flickering in my eyes. It’s a candle flame. Mother Minka always has a candle when she comes into the dormitory at night to ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Dalton, Sarah [Dalton, Sarah]

27 Theresa made us tea and chatted. She was charmed by Dad and enjoyed the company. After half an hour of idle chit-chat the cracks began to surface and I ...

epub |eng | 2011-12-05 | Author:Morgan Rice [Rice, Morgan]

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Caitlin walked along the sandy shore, holding Scarlet’s hand, the ocean waves crashing just feet away. It was a desolate and bleak shoreline, stretching as far as the ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-21 | Author:Faefever [Faefever]

Although I’d gotten a Fae read off the Lord Master the two times we’d met, I’d also gotten a human read, similar to what I sensed in Mallucé and Derek ...