Raven (A Creepy Hollow Story Book 2) by Rachel Morgan

Author:Rachel Morgan [Morgan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: k'12
Published: 2016-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Alarm crossed Flint’s face the moment he discovered Raven outside his door. “Is something wrong?” he asked immediately, standing straighter and pulling his shoulders back.

“No, I’m fine. And you don’t need to do that.”

“Do what?”

“Stand like that. Like you’re about to salute me or something. Just chill. You’re not on duty. I’m here to show you something, that’s all.”

“Oh.”

An awkward moment passed between them before Raven said, “So … can I come in? I mean, unless you’re about to go to bed or something. I can just show you quickly and then I’ll—”

“No, no, it’s fine. Sorry. Come in.” He stood back so she could walk past him into the cosy living room. The smell of something chocolatey greeted her. “What do you want to show me?” He waited for her to take a seat on the nearest couch before sitting beside her.

“I received a strange message on my amber, and I wanted to show you because …” Now that she thought about, she wasn’t quite sure why she wanted to show Flint in particular. She could have taken the message to her parents, or to any one of the guards. They could easily have passed it on to the Guild for her. “Well, I just wanted to show you,” she finished quickly. “Remember that scrap of paper I found on the runway? The one that made that woman come after me? I think the handwriting in this amber message was the same as the writing on that paper.”

A frown creased Flint’s brow. “Okay.”

Raven removed a notebook from her pocket, opened it, and handed it to Flint.

“You don’t have the original on your amber? So I can see the handwriting?”

“No. My amber doesn’t keep messages, so I wrote it down.” She frowned. “Does yours?”

“No, but I think the latest ambers do. I just assumed you’d … never mind. Where’s this message?”

“You assumed I’d have one because I have the latest of everything?” Raven asked.

Flint’s silence was answer enough as he flipped quickly through the pages.

“It was on the right page when I handed it to you.” She took the notebook, turned to the correct page, and pushed it at him. She knew she had no right to be indignant about his comment—after all, her parents generally did buy her the latest of everything—but his assumption jabbed at her nonetheless. She crossed her arms as Flint read the message. She probably could have recited it to him, but it seemed too odd to say the words out loud.

Now that you’ve come so close to death, do you want to make the most of the rest of your life? You never know when it might end …

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