Shinji Takahashi by Julie Kagawa

Author:Julie Kagawa [Kagawa, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2023-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Lucy and Roux hurried after him. “This is crazy,” Lucy hissed as they caught up. “Following a wild pig into the forest. We’re going to get so lost.”

“At least it’ll be interesting,” Roux added, sounding far more nonchalant than he should have. Or maybe he was trying to act like he wasn’t affected. “Talking sharks, sirens, and magic ghost pigs. Maybe we’ll run into a unicorn next.”

“You don’t have to come,” Shinji insisted. “I don’t need help. Go back to the others and let them know what’s going on. Tell them I’m fine; I’m just doing guardian stuff.”

“Stop it.” Lucy glared at him as she shoved a wayward

lock of blond hair behind one ear. “One, I’m not leaving you alone out here with a spooky wild pig, even if you are supposed to be following it,” she snapped. “Two, I still can’t believe you didn’t tell anyone you were having visions. What do we even know about this Storm Boar? Is it a guardian like the Coatl? Why is it trapped? How do we know we’re even doing the right thing setting it free? Did you think about any of this, or are we just going in a random direction because a wild boar told us to?”

“You know, maybe this is why I didn’t tell you anything,” Shinji muttered. “You ask too many questions.”

“And you don’t ask any!” She made a disgusted motion, prompting Tinker to squeak in protest from her shoulder. “You think you have to do this all yourself. And now we’re following a wild pig through a rain forest without any grown-ups knowing where we are, maybe running into something dangerous, just because you want to be a guardian. If my dad heard about this, he’d tell me how dumb it was to rush headfirst into something without knowing anything about it.”

He felt irritation flare inside him. “Go back to Hightower, then,” he snapped, whirling on her. “If you miss it so much, you should just go home. You can have your workshop and all your inventions, and you won’t have to worry about me dragging you into danger anymore.”

Silence fell. Shinji and Lucy stood there, Shinji flushed and angry, Lucy with her expression gone cold and icy.

After a few moments, Roux gave an uncomfortable cough.

“Uh, hey, guys? The boar isn’t stopping. Maybe we can have this fight when we’re not in the middle of the forest?”

Shinji looked up and saw the white boar’s hindquarters still walking away from them through the trees, its short, bristly tail flicking from side to side. He glanced back at Lucy, but she wasn’t looking at him anymore.

“Fine, go follow your pig, then,” she said in a cold voice. “I’m still not leaving you out here alone. But if something happens, it’s not my fault.”

Guilt gnawed at Shinji. Why had he said that? That was the second time he had thrown Lucy’s upbringing back in her face. But there was no time to talk about it now; the boar wasn’t stopping and had nearly disappeared into the undergrowth.

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