Harley Quinn: Ravenous by Rachael Allen

Author:Rachael Allen [Allen, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2023-04-25T00:00:00+00:00

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I’m awake long after Win falls asleep. I think about what a contrast it is, telling him versus telling Ivy. She was so in agreement and on the same wavelength—like, instantly—and without any convincing. I try to ignore the way that makes me feel.

Even though I asked them both, had to work to convince Win, there’s a part of me that feels torn in half. Can I trust Talia and are we going to get caught and will I get kicked out of Gotham U and is this going to ruin my chances of ever getting into medical school? I’m not sure whether I’ll really know if I can go through with it until it’s tomorrow and I’m right in the moment.

And then I get the phone call.

“Harleen?”

The girl on the other end of the line is crying. Her voice is familiar, but I can’t quite place it.

“It’s Remy,” she says, and the puzzle pieces connect inside my head.

“Are you okay?”

I step out into the hallway so I don’t wake Win.

Remy can barely get out the words between sobs. “Stella had a heart attack.”

The floor dissolves underneath me, and I free-fall to the basement. It’s hard to even string words together, but I try. “What? But she’s so young.”

Remy sniffles on the other end of the line. “Something triggered her fear reaction, and it reached a fever pitch she couldn’t come down from. She’s in the hospital.”

“I can get there from campus in thirty minutes. Just let me get dressed.” I’m pacing now, a switch flipped, and bam! Action mode. This is all my fault. I knew something bad was happening there, and the legal channels were taking too long. I should have done something.

“They’re only letting family see her. They wouldn’t even let me go. But. I’m scared.” She lowers her voice till it’s practically a whisper. “They’re supposed to be helping us here, but it seems like a lot of us are getting worse. It feels—I don’t know, maybe I’m imagining it, but it feels like there’s something big and bad lurking over us. That sounds ridiculous, I know. I’m probably losing it.”

I grip my phone so hard I almost break it.

“You’re not wrong. And you’re not crazy. I’m pretty sure I know who’s behind it all. I’m going to fix this. Don’t you worry.”

I hang up the phone and let the rage flow through me.

Tomorrow, I am going to Arkham Asylum.

Tomorrow, I am ending this.

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