The Lost Princess by Connie Glynn

Author:Connie Glynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141379968
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2019-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

‘What’s wrong with him?’ Lottie was quick to jump out of her seat when the nurse finally emerged from Jamie’s room.

She hadn’t slept all night, the storm continuing to pound relentlessly against the windows like a beast trying to break in, only clearing as the sun began to rise. Beside her, leaning against the wall, was Sayuri, still and calm as the statue of Kou Fujiwara, while she translated the nurse’s report.

‘He has a cracked rib, sprained wrist and ankle, and a serious bout of flu delirium, but he will be fine. He had a bad fall.’

‘Thank you,’ Lottie replied. ‘Can we see him?’

The nurse shook her head. ‘Not yet.’

Jamie had fallen somehow from somewhere high – that much was clear. He was hurt badly, and worst of all he’d met the Master of Leviathan. All things that would never have happened if she hadn’t been so preoccupied.

‘Arigatō gozaimasu,’ Sayuri added, bowing to the nurse.

It seemed impossible that they’d been in the same storm; Sayuri’s hair had dried in pretty clumps of silky waves, her skin, though flushed, was still feather soft even after their lack of sleep, while Lottie was a mess, blistered cheeks, still caked in mud all the way up her legs, hair frozen in place like a wind-swept tangle of yarn. She caught a glimpse of herself in the window and was disturbed to find she could hardly recognize herself.

Getting Jamie to the school’s infirmary had felt like an impossible task. They’d carried him together, Sayuri holding one arm and Lottie the other, the two of them battling the storm as one unstoppable force. And Sayuri was strong, stronger than Lottie could ever have anticipated. It was the strength of a leader. The strength of the Pink Demon.

It had been the strangest thing to see the look on her face when she’d found them.

That’s a very good Partizan you have …

The words played over and over in Lottie’s head, and the more she thought about it, the more she was sure there’d been a hint of regret, an edge that had Lottie wondering once more about the queen of the school, her family, what she wanted and why she’d had to become so strong.

‘You should go and tell your friends,’ Sayuri said. ‘They’ll be waking up soon, and I’m sure they’ll want to hear that your Partizan has returned. I’ll keep watch here.’

Lottie sensed that she shouldn’t leave, an absurd thought that Jamie would be snatched away from her again, but she swallowed it down, knowing she did need to tell the others.

‘I wanted to say, Banshee, if they change their minds … If you wanted to extend a hand … We could make a good team. Whatever Leviathan are doing here, I want to help stop them.’

‘That will not be necessary,’ Sayuri replied bluntly, turning away.

‘You must have more info, something we might be able to decipher –’

‘As a matter of fact –’ Sayuri turned back sharply – ‘we do, but we will not be sharing it with you.

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