The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi

Author:Tony DiTerlizzi
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Jared and Mallory ran on through the woods until they found a patch of sunlight to stop in. Both leaned against the thick trunk of an oak and tried to catch their breath. Mallory was shivering. Jared didn’t know if it was because she was soaked or because of the troll. He unzipped his sweatshirt, took it off, and handed it to her.

“We’re lost,” Mallory said between gulps of air. “And we’re unarmed.”

“At least we know they couldn’t have crossed the stream,” said Jared, struggling to tie the eyepiece back on his head. “The troll would have gotten them for sure.”

“But the sound was on the other side.” Mallory kicked a tree, chipping off bark.

Jared’s nose caught the scent of something burning. It was faint, but he thought it smelled like scorched hair.

“Do you smell that?” Jared asked.

“That way,” Mallory said.

They crashed through the brush, heedless of the scratches twigs and thorns made along their arms. Jared’s thoughts were all of his brother and fire.

“Look at this.” Mallory stopped abruptly. She reached into the grass and picked up a single brown shoe.

“It’s Simon’s.”

“I know,” Mallory said. She turned it over, but Jared couldn’t see any clues, except that it was muddy.

“You don’t think he’s . . . ” Jared couldn’t bring himself to say it.

“No, I don’t!” Mallory shoved the shoe in the front pocket of her sweatshirt.

He nodded slowly, allowing himself to be convinced.

A little farther, and the trees began to thin. They stepped out onto a highway. Black asphalt stretched off into the distant horizon. Behind it all, the sun was setting in a blaze of purple and orange.

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