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After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a near fatal attack with a spatula (don’t ask),
Sadly, none of the statues jumped down to serve me. Perhaps food wasn’t allowed in the library.
“No!” Carter protested. “I meant a picture of it! Oh great, I think this is the real artifact. The shabti must’ve stolen it from the Cairo Museum. We’ve got to return—”
“My dear, I’m a cat. Everything I see is mine.”
“I am a scribe in the House of Life, Sadie Kane. I am trained to fight gods.”
What’s the last one, the Three-hundred-and-sixtieth?” “That would be Antarctica,” Zia said. “A punishment assignment. Nothing there but a couple of cold magicians and some magic penguins.” “Magic penguins?” “Don’t ask.”
Millions of tiny hieroglyphic symbols also drifted through the air, randomly combining into words and then breaking apart. I grabbed a pair of glowing red legs. They walked across my palm before jumping off and dissolving.
I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me?
“That’s confusing,” I said. “And a little gross.”
“Nith ith Naat,” she tried to say with her tongue out. Then she realized her mistake and stuck her tongue back in.
“To hang out,” I said. “We’ll get some hamburgers. See a movie.” Zia hesitated. “Is this what you’d call a ‘date’?” My expression must’ve been priceless, because Zia actually cracked a smile. “You look like a cow hit with a shovel.”
“Oh, no,” I said, panic rising in my chest. “No, no, no. Somebody get a can opener. I’ve got a god stuck in my head.”
Carter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister’s cat, Muffin.
I felt pretty stupid giving the wax doll a tour,
How to tame the five essential elements of the universe—earth, air, water, fire, and cheese!” “Cheese?” He scratched his wax head. “I’m pretty sure that’s the fifth, yes.
“You bought…a first class ticket for your falcon.” “It’s a black kite, actually,” Bast said. “But yes, it’s a very temperamental bird. A prizewinner, you know. Give it a coach seat and try to offer it pretzels, and I won’t be held responsible for the consequences.
The lizard that used to be my brother raced toward me, climbed up my leg and into my palm, where it looked at me desperately.
“I’m going to play basketball by myself now. I will not invite you because your lack of skill would make me throw up.”
