The Slanted Worlds (Obsidian Mirror) by Catherine Fisher

Author:Catherine Fisher [Fisher, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Wharton went to find Jake.

He was in the cloister, the monkey clutching around his neck. It was chattering right into his face, but he was taking no notice of it at all.

Wharton took one look, then flung him his coat. “Forget Piers’s cottage pie. We’re going to the pub.”

Jake didn’t move. “The Black Death,” he said.

He was white and still with fear.

Wharton, his arm halfway down a sleeve, paused. Then he pulled the duffel coat roughly on and did the toggles up, concentrating on them too carefully. “Don’t give up, Jake.”

“I’m scared. Is that so strange?”

“No. Not strange at all. But you’re Jake Wilde. You’re the crazy kid who stabbed Patten in the wrist just to get out of the school. You don’t give up. That’s why you’re such a pain. And that’s why you’ll succeed. We’ve got Maskelyne on our side now. He’s a strange man—I don’t know what to make of him. But he knows about the mirror. Let me tell you about the deal he’s made with Venn.”

Jake nodded, barely listening. Then he stood, and Horatio screeched and swung upside down in relief. “All right. Let’s get out of here. I need to think.”

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