Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly

Author:Jennifer Donnelly [Donnelly, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues, Adolescence, People & Places, General, Love & Romance
ISBN: 9781484712108
Google: oWuyBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00O87NWCY
Barnesnoble: B00O87NWCY
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Published: 2015-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

SERAFINA JUMPED UP out of her chair so fast, she knocked it over.

“Magistro!” she shouted.

“My goodness, child, what is it?” Fossegrim asked, startled.

“Where can I find conchs on shipwrecks in Miromara?”

“Level Eight,” he said. “Why?”

Serafina grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. She headed to the door.

“Principessa, wait! Where are you going? It’s not safe outside,” Fossegrim protested.

“I have to go, Magistro. I’ll return as soon as I can. Hopefully in a few days. Tell the others good-bye for me. Can I borrow a compass?” she asked, grabbing one from a shelf.

“Yes, of course. But why?” Fossegrim asked.

“I’ll tell you when I get back!” Serafina said. She hugged the old merman, grabbed a lava globe, and swam out of the bunker. A few minutes later, she was on Level Eight.

Infante.

The word had triggered a memory—an image of a painting that had hung on the wall of the duca’s library before it was stolen by Rafe Mfeme. It was a portrait of one of the duca’s ancestors, Maria Theresa, an infanta of Spain. Around her neck was a magnificent blue diamond—a jewel that had been passed down through generations of Spanish queens. Was that why Merrow had gone to the Spanish coast? To give her very own talisman to a human?

The more Serafina thought about it, the more sense it made. Merrow chose a human because there was nothing more dangerous. That human must have been an ancestor of the infanta’s, which is how the infanta had come to own the diamond. And Rafe Mfeme had stolen the infanta’s portrait to show it to Traho, so he could see exactly what the talisman he was searching for looked like.

The only thing Sera couldn’t figure out was how Traho had made the same connections without having seen Merrow’s bloodsong in the Iele’s caves, or talking to Lady Thalia. Once again, he was one stroke ahead of her.

Sera found the shipwreck section easily. She remembered that the duca had said that the infanta sailed to France in 1582 on board the Demeter, and soon located a conch containing information on the ship, including where it sank—twenty-five leagues due south of the French town of Saintes-Maries. The pirate who’d attacked it was from Cathay. His name was Amarrefe Mei Foo. Contemporary sources believed that Mei Foo did not obtain the diamond, but no one knew what actually happened to it, only that it was never seen again.

“Hopefully because it’s still around the infanta’s neck,” Serafina said aloud, putting the conch back.

She slung her bag over her shoulder. She had what she needed. Dawn was still hours away. She’d leave Cerulea under cover of darkness. Later, she’d contact Neela, Ava, Ling, and Becca to tell them what she’d learned.

“Where are you going? Can I come with you?” a voice said.

Serafina nearly jumped out of her skin. She spun around, reaching for her knife, but it was only Coco. And Abelard.

“Don’t do that! You scared me half to death!”

Coco eyes traveled to the bag slung over Serafina’s shoulder.

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