House of Korba (The Ghost Bird, #7)
Rate it:
Open Preview
Read between August 16 - August 16, 2019
1%
Flag icon
nearing the end of October,
2%
Flag icon
can, here?”
4%
Flag icon
Sang: “Miss you.” Silas: “7.”   “That means he’ll be back at seven, right?” I asked. Surprised filled each of their faces. Victor was gawking. There were smiles on the other faces, and Mr. Blackbourne’s stood out the most, a millimeter at most, but dazzling me with its warmth.
6%
Flag icon
There was a spot on his chest that looked like a deep bruise. I stared at it, because the shape was strangely familiar. I
Kayla Pipkin
do we ever get to hear north tell her about this
6%
Flag icon
leave
10%
Flag icon
They’re looking at Middleton Place.”
13%
Flag icon
“Is this a thing where I go to someone’s house overnight and when I come back, there’s a new pink couch and a security system and laser beams?”
14%
Flag icon
. Maybe
14%
Flag icon
“Kalo̱sórisma.”
14%
Flag icon
toward television.
15%
Flag icon
said. “
18%
Flag icon
“Well,” Luke said, distracting me from Silas, “it’s something about you. He said you were mad at him and hung up on him. He just snapped at me for not tying my shoes.”
18%
Flag icon
“North just threw a mug at me for calling you about it.” “Would you give him the phone, please?” “He doesn’t want it.”
23%
Flag icon
Greyson Academy?”
23%
Flag icon
“You go Greek, you won’t go back to any of those lazy American boyfriends.”
28%
Flag icon
He was tall, with long dark hair hanging down around his cheeks, parted in the middle. There were dark circles under his eyes. He kept his arms tucked into his body, his head down.
28%
Flag icon
He was like a skinny version of Silas, with hollow cheeks and the eyes never really focused.
31%
Flag icon
When I opened it, I was surprised to find a picture.
32%
Flag icon
Silas: I love it. You’re so beautiful when you smile, my little night flower.
34%
Flag icon
camellias.”
41%
Flag icon
get in an appointment,”
44%
Flag icon
Kota had his mouth open, his eyes wide. Luke had a side grin, his head tilted as he looked at my legs. Victor sat up, scooting to the edge of his seat. I could see, even from a distance, his fire eyes as they seemed to light up in a blaze, very intense.
46%
Flag icon
when saw Theo?”
47%
Flag icon
“You’re late,” was all Mr. Blackbourne said. “Blame the hospital,” Dr. Green said. He kept his arm around my neck, hanging onto me and keeping me close. “They let injured people just waltz in any damn time they want. No consideration at all.”
53%
Flag icon
me.” Maybe
54%
Flag icon
“Oh my god, what the fuck. She even sneezes cute?” Gabriel was looking at me over the top of the car when I lifted my head.
54%
Flag icon
“Come on, Trouble. Let’s go before you start farting bunnies and rainbows or some shit.”
62%
Flag icon
William
64%
Flag icon
“Sang Baby, I’ll
64%
Flag icon
fight with Silas, or Hendricks, or goddamn terrorists any damn day if I get to hide in the bathroom and make out with you.”  
66%
Flag icon
out.
76%
Flag icon
In the moment, it escaped me why my phone was now different. Did Luke steal it from me somehow and give my cover back? But if so, why wasn’t the phone working?
Kayla Pipkin
Do we find out what happened to her phone
91%
Flag icon
One was Kevin, from another team. His dark eyes were critical but Silas knew him well enough to know he was fair. He’d have an opinion, but would hear him out.
91%
Flag icon
little twelve-year-old kid Silas had seen around training sessions. He was pretty sure he was one who he’d helped out a year before in self-defense class.
91%
Flag icon
two men and a woman, he knew
91%
Flag icon
he’d probably bumped into them and just couldn’t recall where and what their names were.
91%
Flag icon
She had a punk look, with short cropped hair and a tattoo peeking out through the collar of her suit. She was older, maybe in her forties.