The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

Author:Morgan Matson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Tamsin cursed under her breath as she watched the owl sitting on the branch regard her with what she was almost certain was disdain. This was supposed to be the one area where she was showing any kind of natural inclination, and she had been failing miserably all morning.

“You’re distracted,” the Elder said from the tree stump where he had sat, motionless, for almost an hour now.

“Maybe,” Tamsin acknowledged as she watched the owl ruffle its feathers in a distinctly haughty way.

“Does it have something to do with Sir Charley Ward?” the Elder asked, his voice innocent.

“How did you . . . ?” Tamsin started, then gave up, realizing what a foolish question it had been. She had been aware the Elder knew everything, but until that moment she had thought it was restricted to things like the names of all the plants in the kingdom. She hadn’t realized it also included knowledge of her first kiss.

“Be careful there,” the Elder cautioned.

“It’s fine,” Tamsin said, turning back to the bird. She would prefer not to discuss Charley with anyone, but especially not someone old enough to be her grandfather.

“It’s always a risk,” the Elder said, but more quietly now, like perhaps he was no longer speaking to her. “Wherever there is great emotion. Because there is power in that. And few people handle power well.”

“It was only a kiss,” Tamsin said, focusing back on the owl.

“Oh,” the Elder said, shaking this head, “that is where you are mistaken. Believing that such a thing—just a kiss—has ever, for even a second, existed in this world.”

—C. B. McCallister, A Murder of Crows. Hightower & Jax, New York.

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