Jinxed!: The Curious Curse of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie

Author:Rebecca McRitchie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

Cora stared open-mouthed.

The shop was quiet. Tick and Tock had stopped screaming. Cora looked up at them and was relieved to see that they were no longer twisting in pain. Their eyes were as wide as hers as they stared out the broken shop window. In a heap of glass and black curtains, Archibald Drake, warlock, lay on his back in the Black Market street.

Cora looked down at her hands. She still felt the strange feeling squirming beneath her skin. ‘What’s happening to me?’ she gasped. Her head felt dizzy. The shop began to spin around her.

Tick and Tock looked down at her worriedly.

‘Run,’ said Smelda, the shop owner. ‘Run. Now!’ she said.

Cora couldn’t think straight.

Tick and Tock flew down to Cora and pulled her by her coat towards the shop door. She stumbled out of the doorway with the fairies and into the Black Market street. Cora stopped and stared down at the unmoving warlock. How did I do that? Fear and unease sloshed around in her stomach like ingredients in a soup, making her feel sick.

Then up and down the market road, people and shop owners walked out of the stores on either side of them. Ahead of them, more and more people started filing into the street. They looked down at the man on the ground and then looked up at Cora.

‘Hey!’ a man in a dark suit called out to them. He pointed a finger towards Tick and Tock.

‘Hurry . . .’ Tock said.

‘. . . this way,’ said Tick.

The fairies pulled Cora in the direction they had come in. They hurriedly pushed through the people that had gathered behind them on the paved road. Someone in the crowd tried to grab Cora but Tick and Tock tugged her harder.

Cora stumbled with the fairies until she had to run to keep up. Her head still felt dizzy. She reached a hand to her temple and realised she still held the whisper root.

Then more shouts came from behind them. Angry shouts. Tick, Tock and Cora raced down the paved road, away from the crowd. Cora looked behind her. A few people had started running after them. She tried her best not to fall over as she ran. But the ground wasn’t staying still. It moved like water beneath her boots. She tried to focus on the fairies zipping ahead of her.

Then at last they could see the painting of the castle on the wall ahead. Cora panted as she ran. She felt the energy drain from her with each step. Then suddenly there was a string of loud POP! POP!s near her. Someone was throwing magic at them!

They reached the painting of the castle. Tick and Tock flew through and without a second thought, Cora dived headfirst into the shimmering wall.

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