The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi

Author:Roshani Chokshi [Chokshi, Roshani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2023-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

There are worse things than sitting in a boat in utterly soaked clothes that are sticking to your skin and getting colder and clingier by the second.

But Corazon could not think of any in that moment.

“That better have been enough inspiration for you, Leo!” she said, and then spat out some seawater.

The waves were no longer quite as rough, but her stomach still hurt. Saso was draped over the side of the bangka, groaning pitifully. “I shall never eat again,” he moaned.

Leo, who, by nature of being a ghost, was neither seasick nor draped in damp clothes, clapped excitedly. “Loads of inspiration!” he said. “Fair bargain firmly sealed, so we can continue to wherever it is you wanna go on your power-seeking road trip.”

Corazon stared at Leo. He’d said the words so. . .easily. So casually. As if all of this meant nothing.

“How many days do we have left, Saso?” she asked.

Saso looked up from the gunwale. “Two and a half, I think.”

Two and a half days. If Corazon didn’t get a blessing from the diwata soon, she wouldn’t get her soul key back in time. She would never become a babaylan, and she would never see her parents again.

Suddenly, it was no longer just seawater that streamed down Corazon’s face.

“Whoa, whoa, what’s wrong?” said Leo. “Why are you crying?”

Corazon didn’t want to cry. She hated crying, especially when she didn’t mean to do it. Saso said when that happened it was “mutiny of the eyeballs.” This usually made her feel better, but it didn’t right then.

“Corazon?” asked Leo, manifesting in front of her.

She dried her face and did her best to steady her voice before she stood up and met his gaze. “This. . .This isn’t just a road trip,” said Corazon. “Even if this doesn’t mean anything to you, it means a lot to me! And I get it, you’re a ghost and you don’t understand—”

“I do understand,” said Leo quietly. He didn’t look at her as he sat down in the boat. He took off his glasses and sighed. “You were right earlier. . .when you asked if I was sad about what the bakunawa had said.”

“I KNEW IT!” said Saso, leaping over to join them. All his seasickness seemed to have vanished. “The bakunawa said he could smell all that you had abandoned and lost, and then your face looked crushed by the weight of despair, unknowable grief, and unrevealed secrets!” The anito cackled. “Can I know one of your secrets?”

Corazon and Leo stared at Saso. He blinked. And then licked his eyeball.

“Oh, sorry, that was rude,” said Saso, gesturing between him and Corazon. “Can we know one of your devastating secrets?”

Corazon dropped her face into her hands. She wouldn’t blame Leo if he up and left and abandoned the whole spirit-guide thing altogether. But instead. . .he laughed.

“You’re a very strange gecko,” said Leo.

Saso growled.

“It’s not much of a secret,” said Leo, looking out at the gentle waves. “When I got here, I was alone. I thought someone would find me and we would go to the Beyond together.

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