Twinchantment by Elise Allen

Author:Elise Allen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Published: 2019-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

Sara snorted. “If we were magic, I’d be smart enough not to get myself in stupid trouble.”

But even as she said it, she remembered what Katya had said—that she and Flissa were who they were because they’d been touched by magic, and it had messed them up from birth. Even though her soaking-wet cloak was in her bag, she suddenly felt so weighed down she might as well have been wearing it.

What Sara really needed was time for her and Flissa to sit down and have a long talk. Flissa had sounded so sure that Katya was wrong about how the curse affected them as babies—maybe she could convince Sara too. But that would have to wait until after they got home, when Sara wasn’t so busy constantly coming up with bad ideas that could get them all killed.

Galric held the mysterious scimisword out to Flissa, who looked at it like it was a very appealing poison.

“Take it,” Galric said. “Whatever it is, you’re great with it. And I bet we’ll need it again.”

Flissa stared at the blade, then nodded and took it by its hilt. She raised it and let it settle into her hand, then touched its tip to the tiny velvet pouch on her hip. “Inside,” she said, and the sword whooshed away.

“Now we just have to find our way out,” Galric said.

Flissa frowned. “Weren’t we going to take the—”

She turned, and Sara followed her gaze. Where there had once been a clear path through to the light on the other side of the Brambled Gates, now there was nothing but a tangled network of snaking branches that stretched all the way up. Sara could still see the light at the end where they wanted to go, but there was no longer a way to get there.

“Should we yell for Primka and Nitpick?” Sara asked.

Flissa shook her head. “They ran ahead. If they got out, they’d only risk getting hurt if they came back for us.”

Sara shuddered, remembering the acid leaf. She would never want to put Primka or Nitpick in that kind of danger.

“They’re small and they’re smart,” Galric said. “When we get through, we’ll find them on the other side. Flissa, you think you can find a path?”

Sara smiled. She liked that Galric trusted her sister to guide them, and she could tell that Flissa liked it too.

“Follow my lead and stay close,” she said. “Remember, even if something looks harmless, it probably isn’t.”

Flissa stood on a thick root, pulling apart a curtain of vines for them, when the first branch attacked. Sara saw it whip forward of its own volition, its sharp tip aimed right for Flissa’s temple.

“Duck!” she cried, and Flissa didn’t hesitate. She crouched down as the branch zipped past, exactly where her head would have been. Sara’s heart thumped triple time, and she lunged to Flissa to make sure she was okay, but her boot caught on a root and she thunked to the ground.

Right in front of her, a thick, craggy branch snaked toward her face.

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