Daughter of Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan

Author:Sarah Rees Brennan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Nick Scratch appeared transfixed by the slushie machine.

“Do you want to drink a slushie?” Harvey asked at last.

Nick turned an inquiring gaze upon him. “Is it a drink? I thought it was an art installation that went around and around.”

“Uh … no,” said Harvey.

“I would like to try one,” said Nick. “I didn’t know drinks came in blue.”

It was freezing outside, and everyone must be bored on Christmas vacation. There were a lot more people in the movie theater than Harvey had expected. He stared apprehensively around at the milling citizens of Greendale, wondering what weird witch thing Nick would do in front of everybody.

There were already many people giving Nick sidelong glances. Possibly because he was a stranger in town. Possibly because he’d been staring at the slushie machine for five minutes.

“Before you go,” said Harvey, “pick. What movie do you want to see?”

Nick shrugged. “I don’t know. I’ve never gone to the movies before. Which one is the best movie?”

They scrutinized the variety of posters on the opposite wall. Tragically, there were no posters of superheroes. One poster was a cartoon, featuring a large bee in a dress and a toy soldier who were maybe in love. Harvey hoped it worked out for them. One was a portrait of shadowy woods, with a watching eye and a too-vivid splash of blood spray across the whole scene. There always seemed to be a horror movie playing in his town.

There was also a poster of a movie with people on a swing in the sunlight. They even had a fluffy dog. They looked happy.

“Well—” Harvey began, when Nick interrupted him and pointed.

“I like that picture with the blood. Let’s go watch the movie with the blood.”

Harvey sighed. Nick noticed.

“Is that wrong? Is that not the one Sabrina would choose?”

“No,” Harvey admitted. “That’s the one Sabrina would pick.”

It was more crushing evidence of what Harvey knew already: Nick and Sabrina were going to be happy together.

Sabrina always used to smile and laugh in obvious enjoyment during the scary moments. He’d thought it was a cute quirk. Now he realized what she’d always known. She was the supernatural and awe-inspiring creature, not the awestruck audience, and never the victim. It never occurred to Sabrina to be afraid.

“Go get your slushie,” Harvey told Nick. “Don’t talk to anyone else in line. People are already staring.”

Nick looked curiously around at the milling crowd of moviegoers. Harvey saw a woman he knew from the grocery store with her eyes fixed on the back of Nick’s black jacket. Nick winked.

“They just want to sleep with me.”

“Keep telling yourself that, Satan’s gift to women,” said Harvey, turning Nick around by the shoulders and pushing him toward the slushie machine.

This was a very stressful trip to the movies, but it beat staying home. As he bought popcorn, Harvey wondered what Roz and Susie were doing. It seemed like everyone in Greendale was here.

No sooner had he thought that than he turned and came face-to-face with Ambrose Spellman. Harvey almost spilled his popcorn.

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