Twelve-year-old Carmen has a secret: she can talk to her cat Grim. But the powerful Brotherhood has banned pets, and the penalty is death.
Ward is the most wanted boy in the world. The only thing standing between him and the hangman's noose is maste...
They were two days upon the open ocean. The mainland hung to the north, clouded in a bluish haze by day, invisible by night. They passed an island covered with fur seals. The seals swam out to investigate the ship, gambolling about in the blue-green water. The sailors threw fish heads down to them. Sometimes porpe swam alongside the prow, sporting with the slower ship, then vanishing suddenly, as if called away.
Corvus disappeared into his cabin soon after they departed and Ward was left alone to explore the ship. He learned that it was returning from the town of Obar on the coast of the Isle of Demons. They were to dock at a place called Bareheep. Though Ward had heard Jaggles mention the name before, he knew nothing of it. He wondered if it was their final destination anyway.
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In the following chapter Harry Styles finally appears on the scene, whisking you away on his flying unicorn to Love Island.
