The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

Author:Melissa Grey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2016-07-12T07:00:00+00:00

“Come on,” she whispered, wishing that her limited range of magic had the power to conjure the professor from the dense fog. “Come on, come on, come on.” Her watch—a dainty relic that had languished at the bottom of her backpack for months—ticked away the seconds. Every one in which the professor did not stroll down the narrow street was one second closer to the discovery of her absence. Time was a resource she could not afford to waste.

Just as her hope began to dwindle—maybe the professor was sick, maybe he’d been hit by a car or struck by lightning or decided to change his routine for the first time in years—she spotted a figure turn the corner at the other end of the close, tweed hat ducked against the fog turning into drizzle, arms wrapped protectively around a stack of books. He was a short man, getting on in years, with white hair poking out from beneath his hat. Everything about him seemed professorial, from the glasses he pushed up his nose to the worn patches on the elbows of his jacket. He had to be Aloysius Stirling. Only an Aloysius could pull off elbow patches without the slightest hint of irony.

Echo pushed away from the wall, dumped her half-finished latte into a nearby wastebin, and made her way down the street. The professor—or the person whom she really, really, really hoped was the professor—turned the knob and entered the building. Echo quickened her pace, half jogging to catch the door before it closed. She made it just in time, sticking the toe of her boot into the doorway. The man jumped, startled by her sudden appearance, the pile of books almost tumbling out of his arms. He cleared his throat, seeming to collect himself. His jowls were flushed slightly pink, either in annoyance or anger.

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