Call of the Crow by Jessica Khoury

Author:Jessica Khoury [Khoury, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2022-02-10T00:00:00+00:00

The flight back to Khadreen passed in a blur for Ellie. If it weren’t for Nox and Gussie supporting her, she knew she would never have made it. Pain consumed her like fire, her shattered leg completely useless. Every bump in the air sent a new spike of agony knifing through her body.

When they reached the candle shop, they hurtled through the window and landed in a heap, Ellie too racked with pain to even scream. She lay on the floor, tilting toward unconsciousness, the room spinning around her.

“Jaff!” Nox cried. “We’re back! Why is the doctor—Wait! NO! Get away from him!”

Nox’s shout shocked a bit of clarity into Ellie. She lifted her head to see that Dr. Alceda was leaning over Twig—a bone saw in her hand.

“No!” Ellie gasped. “Nox—!”

The Crow boy lunged toward the doctor, knocking her aside and wrenching away the saw.

But the floor was already littered with brown and white feathers.

“I had no choice!” Jaff said. “Your friend took a bad turn while you were gone, Nox. I waited as long as I could. The boy was delirious with fever and pain. He would have died—”

“His wings!” Nox cried. “Why couldn’t you have just waited? I have the cure! I have it right here!”

Ellie lay back, her head clunking on the floor. Her chest felt as if it were caving in, sinking through the floor, dragging her into a red sea of pain.

They were too late.

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