Loot by Jude Watson

Author:Jude Watson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

“That’s not a prophecy,” Jules said shakily. “It’s a curse.”

“And Alfie believed it?” March asked.

“Never would have thought it, but, yeah. I tried to tell him that the moonstones showed him a vision of what could be,” Hamish said. “That doesn’t mean it will.”

“What were the exact words? Do you remember?” March asked.

“Who could forget? Before the passage of thirteen years, the two birthed together will die together. And he saw the two of you, holding hands and falling.”

The dream! Of him on a cliff, groping for a hand, and falling through space toward darkness …

“Spooky,” Ham said, “since he’s the one who ended up … well. Falling.” He turned to Jules. “That’s why he had to give you away. To break the curse. If you two didn’t meet until after your thirteenth birthday, you’d be safe.”

“So why didn’t he tell me?” Jules asked. The question was a cry.

“If I can just interject here,” Darius said, clearing his throat, “if you believe in some crazy shut-up stuff, you don’t advertise it. What was he supposed to say to you, ‘Sorry, kid, but I think you’re gonna die’?”

“Falling,” Jules said. “I have this recurring dream.” Her face was pale, her eyes large and dark gray with fear.

March swallowed against a suddenly dry throat. “Of falling,” he said.

“Yes!” She faced him, her eyes wide. “Of a hand …”

“I can’t quite catch …”

“I’m on a cliff,” Jules said.

“With black water below,” March finished.

Hamish broke the stunned silence. “Coincidence!” he boomed with fake cheer.

“Our birthday is in a week,” he said to Jules, trying to keep his voice even. His stomach twisted with fear. “It’s the night of the blue moon. That’s why Alfie told me to wait a month to find you! Because then we’d be thirteen, and the curse would be broken!”

“We found each other too soon,” Jules said.

“You two are seriously freaking me out,” Darius said.

“Stop it,” Izzy said. She put her hands over her ears.

Hamish stood, his feet doing an anxious dance. “Well, this has been a lovely reunion, but I have a business to run.”

“Do me a favor?” March asked.

Hamish put his hands together and bowed. “You know, as your honorary uncle, I will do you a solid anytime.”

“If Oscar Ford comes around, don’t tell him we were here.”

“Never saw you.”

They pushed through the curtain and went to the exit.

“You’ll be fine!” Hamish called. “Just … stay on the ground!”

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