Of Giants And Ice (Ever Afters, The) - Plot & Excerpts
It was hard not to imagine the faces that went with the skulls. “‘Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread,’” I whispered, realizing why the skeletons were there with a horrified shudder. Chase’s breath came in panicked bursts over the back of my hand. The thought of what kind of dust was entering our lungs made me gag, so I tugged up my shirt and breathed through the fabric. Lena nodded and pressed a hand over her mouth like she was fighting the urge to throw up too. Maybe Matilda was way sneakier than she pretended to be. The thought of Jimmy finding us and swallowing us whole had been bad enough. The idea of Matilda systematically smashing up our bones and kneading us into bread was so horrible that I had to push it out of my head before I panicked, bolted out of there, and got us all caught. “Do you think she’ll ever let us out?” I asked Lena. “Yeah. One way or another.” Her voice shook. “All these skeletons are dry, and there are easier ways to get the meat off our bones than letting us rot.”
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