Island of Legends by Lisa McMann

Author:Lisa McMann
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Aladdin

A Sighting

By morning, word spread that Florence had been seen but no one had been able to tell if she was alive or dead. All the Artiméans could do while the island was underwater was go over their newly revised plan and wait for the volcano to surface again.

Alex laid down the logic. “We can’t release the creatures and rescue Florence until after we have Sky and Crow’s mother, or else the pirates will know we’re here and it’ll ruin everything. So we’ve got to get Copper first, and then immediately be ready to break into the aquarium and get Florence. Simber,” Alex said, not looking at him, “I may need you to break the glass skylight. We’ll try the route through the fishing hatch first, of course. Obviously, we don’t want the whole population to drown if the volcano sinks and water starts pouring in the hole, but hopefully I’d have time to repair it with a glass spell before they’d go down again.”

“I can brrreak glass, as you well know.”

Alex frowned. He knew, all right. Simber had had to shatter a glass wall spell in Justine’s palace once, long ago. “Well, good. Is everybody clear on the plan?”

They were clear.

“Let’s take the ship out a little farther, Captain,” Alex said. “And batten down the hatches, or whatever. We’re going to have another giant wave when the island comes up.”

The Captain gave the order to nobody in particular. Sean and Lani took over the battening, and soon everyone was making sure their things were secure. “At least this time we can all swim,” Sean said.

“I’m still climbing up the ropes,” Sky muttered. She was a bit on edge due to all the waiting. It was hard, wondering whether her mother was even alive, not to mention where she could possibly be in that . . . that giant terrarium. Add in Alex’s recent weird behavior, and it was enough to unsettle anybody.

She stood with Crow at the back of the ship, staring in the direction of where the island should be, as Ahab maneuvered the ship away. Alex joined them.

“Hey,” he said. “I’m just checking in. Are you guys doing all right?” He kept his eyes trained on Crow, only flitting to Sky for a split second now and then.

Crow shrugged. “Yeah.”

Sky gave Alex a grim smile and lied. “I guess.” They were quiet for a moment. “What if she never passes underneath that skylight again?”

There were so many what-ifs. Alex had a lot of ideas about what to do. Dangerous ones. He didn’t want to have to carry any of them out. Now he met Sky’s gaze. “We’ll find her,” he said, and he meant it. “We’ll man the other skylights too, now that we know where they are. We’re not leaving here until we have your mother with us.”

Sky looked up at Alex, her eyes glistening. Maybe she had imagined the growing distance between them. She popped up on her tiptoes and planted a kiss on Alex’s cheek.

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