Secrets of the Silver Lion by Emma Otheguy

Author:Emma Otheguy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780358379157
Publisher: HMH Books
Published: 2020-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

THE NIGHT OWLS IN SEVILLA paid no attention to a figure that hummed and skipped through the streets. Paperstar, confident that Black Sheep had been crushed falling from the top of La Giralda, was on her way toward VILE headquarters, proudly holding the document she had snatched from Carmen. In her own not-so-humble opinion, this was her best feat yet—stealing an important clue from Black Sheep while balanced high in the air. She would be showered with praise and given all the best assignments for years to come. Paperstar beamed at the paper in front of her. She didn’t know what it meant, and of course she thought making weapons was a much better use of paper than writing things on it, but she knew the VILE faculty would be pleased. Maybe she’d go back to that vault later and get some of the extra paper for her darts. This old stuff was quality—heavy and thick.

A hundred feet above, Carmen Sandiego hung from a protrusion on the side of La Giralda, watching Paperstar’s progress. When Paperstar started to fade from sight, Carmen fastened her grappling hook to a crevice and propelled down the side of the tower. She reached the plaza below, gathered up her grappling hook, and followed the street Paperstar had taken. She knew Paperstar would be bringing the useless document to VILE’s hideout in Sevilla, where it would be scanned and sent to the faculty. This was Carmen’s one shot to find out where the VILE operatives were hiding—and where they were keeping the silver castle.

She caught up with Paperstar and shrank into the shadows, staying far enough away that Paperstar never suspected her—and neither did any passerby. Paperstar went onto smaller and narrower streets, turning every few feet. No one seemed to be awake in this part of town; the buildings on either side were dark, and their balconies were shuttered. Decorative tiles on the sides of corner buildings marked the street names, and Carmen caught whiffs of orange blossoms. If she hadn’t been in the middle of a chase, she might have enjoyed a night walk through Sevilla.

Now Paperstar skipped through an archway that opened up onto a modern plaza, crowded with parked motorcycles, sidewalk cafés, and little markets advertising different types of soda and candy in their windows. Carmen followed Paperstar across the empty plaza, then reached a busy road. Even at this hour, cars were zooming past. Carmen waited, and as soon as the light changed, she skulked after Paperstar, crossing multiple lanes of cars. Now Paperstar crossed a patch of grass and turned onto a quiet pedestrian boulevard. During the day the path was probably full of bikers and joggers and tourists, but at this hour it was nearly deserted.

“I’m tracking your location, Red—I think she’s leading you to the river!”

Sure enough, the boulevard curved around, and soon they were walking along the bank of a wide river.

“The Guadalquivir River flows from the Atlantic Ocean into Sevilla,” Player explained. “It’s important for Spanish history because ships used to come to and from America using that river.

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