The Bone Season

Paige tries to sleep, but she is too angry over the realization of Warden’s intrusions into her mind. Michael, Warden’s amaurotic servant, serves her breakfast. When she’s eaten, he hands her an envelope and tells her to trust Warden. Warden’s letter instructs her to collect supplies from a location known only as “the House,” but not to tell anyone. She dons her new yellow tunic and pockets a small vial of red flower pollen from Warden’s snuffbox, a possible defense against the Rephaim.

Scampering across rooftops for secrecy, Paige makes her way to the House. She pries open a window and enters a small closet. In the room next to her, she hears voices—Ivy, a palmist, is being tortured for information about Paige and Warden. With no time to worry about what Ivy might divulge, Paige explores the House and finds a map of Sheol I that leads to her discovery that there is a train station nearby: a perfect transport to evacuate all of Sheol’s prisoners. While gathering weapons, she hears footsteps approaching and hides as two Rephaim enter. One—Terebell—sees her, but rather than killing her, she surreptitiously feeds Paige clues as to the location of medical supplies.