Chapter 22 – Under the Rubble「How did you get that?」 Morgan asked, staring at the silver key that Mina was now using to open the door of their cell.Mina whispered as she turned the key. 「Well I』ve always had this feeling that sometimes, when I don』t want people to see me, they can [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 21– WitchesIn the house on Tamany Lane, a light was on in the attic. Fa Switch gripped the handle of the kitchen knife behind her back and stood tall, her shadow stretching towards the ceiling. The hooded figure rolled up the scroll slowly and set it on the table. Long pale fing [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 20 – The Silver KeyMara grabbed the skirt of her dress and jumped up. Moving quickly to the bars of the cell, she didn』t look like the same woman who had been crumpled on the ground, barely able to lift her head.「Mina!」 She whispered into the dark. The three older sisters froze, af [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 19 –Sisters The landing that Mayor Hunter had led Marie, Morgan and Mina to was darker than the tunnel they had left. The door shut slowly behind them. Mayor Hunter moved forward, shuffling with something in the dark. So where』s Mara?Morgan』s voice said in an irritat [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 18: The intruder Meanwhile, Fa Switch had raced back to her house on Tamany Lane at top speed, pushing stragglers in the garden aside and running so fast that her feet almost looked as if they were not touching the ground. Evening pushed into night, streetlamps clicked on, an [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 17 - Into the Dark The tunnel felt narrower than it was. The walls seemed to squeeze against the sisters』 shoulders. Morgan, Mina and Marie walked forward in a single file line–the passage was only wide enough to fit one of them at a time–following the dark shadow ahead. [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 16 – The Door that Closed During the reception for Graham』s memorial service, Fa had fallen into a reverie in the corner of the garden. For the first time in many years, she let memories that she had pushed to the bottom of her heart bubble to the surface. She faded into the backgr [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 15: Like Mother, Like Daughter Fa retreated to a corner of the garden, sipping on a cup of hot water. After Ms. Hunter』s gesture of kindness in the condolences line, Fa thought it only right that the girls stay around for a bit, no matter how uncomfortably the looks from t [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 14: The Mourning Mothers A hush swept over the already quiet crowd when the Switch family slipped into the pew at the front of the church that had been seemingly reserved for them. Breaths were held and sniffles were swallowed, hands stopped as they reached for the insides [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 13 – PowersTrappedMorgan and Marie stuck out their writing arms. Fa walked down the line of her daughters and carefully squeezed their outstretched arms through jade bracelets that she had removed from a bronze box in the attic. Morgan』s bracelet was a precious white jade, whil [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 12 – John Hunter As they got dressed, Morgan and Marie could hear the low rumbles of a man』s voice float up from the first floor. They had not heard the door open or close, and judging from the hollowed way the voice filled the room, they guessed that the mayor had n [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 11 – The Morning After The morning』s paper was already on the kitchen table when Mina, Morgan, and Marie tiptoed down to breakfast. They had barely slept that night, even after coming home with Fa and crawling into their beds silently. The sky outside had already started to [ ...閱讀全文 ]
http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/chapter-10-escape/Chapter 10 – EscapeThe shadow grew in the frame of the door, and a gray orange light glowed behind it. Marie took a deep breath to clear her mind, knowing she would need all of her faculties, and reached for Morgan´s hand.&nb [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 9: Mara』s Choice The sisters held their breaths. Marie pushed on the door and it swung open. At first, the inside was dark, but Morgan summoned her light and it illuminated the dingy brick wall of a dark hallway. 「Better close the door, just in case,」 Marie said in a [ ...閱讀全文 ]
http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/chapter-8-fire-and-water/ Chapter 8 – Fire andWater The holding house was a rectangular stone building whose corners were so sharp they might have been cut with a knife. It stood of the edge of a pond rimmed with cattails. It would not be [ ...閱讀全文 ]
http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/chapter-7-to-the-swamp-3/Chapter 7 – To theSwampCome back!Morgan heard a voice in her head say. It was firm and steady, with hints of her mother』s severity. It was Marie. Since they had learned to talk, or perhaps even [ ...閱讀全文 ]
http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/ Chapter 6 – A Hatching Plan At the Switch residence, lights blazed. From the outside the house looked dark and quiet, but inside Fa and the remaining Switch sisters were all awake, with not a drop of sleepiness in their bodies. They we [ ...閱讀全文 ]
http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/Chapter 5 – ShadowsLurking 「Mara!」 Marie saw her first. There was a stone well next to the rose patch, and what looked like a pile of white linens was crumpled at its base. It was Mara, her head down and her arms clutching a black ja [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 4: Lights OutMorgan tossed her short red hair on the dance floor. She had cut and dyed it at the start of high school, sick of the constant confusion between her and Marie. 「You』d think they』d notice that I have blue eyes and you have brown,」 Marie had said as she dunked her sister [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 3: Mara』sTale The ceremony was to start in two hours, and Mara was not yet dressed. She ran her mother』s words through her head and paced about the room. She imagined the entire town of Ambrose, watching her with their piercing, judging eyes. Then she remembered Graham, h [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 2: The BigDay The sun seemed to rise especially early. Mara slipped into her dressing robe and opened the curtains. She blinked at the light that flooded into the room and lifted the window. Lush, green leaves blew inside, tangling in her hair. The door flew o [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Chapter 1: No Funny Business Fa Switch gathered her daughters in her bedroom the night before the wedding. 「No funny business,」 she said. She made each of them look her in the eye and cross their hearts. Her daughters knew this was serious: the consequence for brea [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Prologue It』s hard to remember a time when the Switch sisters didn』t live in the house on Tamany Lane. It seemed like all of us grew up hearing about them in our bedtime stories, even though they must have been not so much older than ourselves. Eventually, we would meet them–in the superma [ ...閱讀全文 ]