Stealing Phoenix~Blog Tour~Extract



Monday marks the start of the Stealing Phoenix UK Blog Tour and to start things off we have been sent an extract from the book.

We hope you enjoy it and be sure to get your hands on the book, it's brilliant, we loved it and you can read our review here.

Joss Stirling is a strong voice within the YA genre and we can't wait to read more!

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Extract:

Sit down, Phee.’

‘No, I have to go. You’ve got to let me go!’ I scrambled

round him to the door.

‘Xav!’ shouted Yves.

‘I’m there.’ His bloody brother was in the hallway blocking

the door.

Yves guarded the way through to the kitchen. ‘You’re not

going anywhere. I thought you understood that.’

I hung between them like a person stuck halfway down a

zip wire, dangling with no way of getting the motion to go on.

‘No, no, it’s you who doesn’t understand. He’ll hurt me.’

Yves held out a hand to me. ‘Phee, I won’t let anyone hurt

you.’

I stood poised for fl ight by the coffee table, my reflection in

the wall mirror telling me l looked like a demented pixie, hair

sticking out every which way. No wonder they weren’t taking

me seriously. ‘You don’t know the Seer. It’s not that simple. If

I hadn’t stolen the water from you today I’d be pretty much

dead—he’d made it so I couldn’t eat or drink until I did the

job. He . . . he does stuff to your mind, makes you obey. If he

catches me, he could tell me to murder you . . . or . . . or jump

off a bridge . . . and I’d do it, too.’

Yves fl inched, not so confident now that he had the answer

to everything. He looked to his brother, seeking reassurance.

‘I’ve told Vick to get back as soon as possible,’ Xav confirmed.

They were using telepathy, keeping me out of the loop.

‘Just stop it—how do you think I feel knowing you’re talking

behind my back!’ I grabbed a stack of magazines and chucked

them at Yves, fl ipping them like Frisbees.

‘Calm down. You’re free of him, Phee, this Seer person.

You’re staying with me.’ Batting away the missiles, Yves used a

soothing tone that right now only wound me up. This was not

the moment for being cool and reasonable!

‘Shove that: what about Tony?’ I threw a cushion at him.

Yves caught it. ‘Tony?’

‘My friend! You can’t keep him safe too, can you? If I’m not

back by nine then he’ll get so hurt and I promised—I promised

him I’d keep my side of the deal. Oh God, oh God.’ Strength

giving out, I folded in on myself and hunched in the doorway.

‘Xav?’ Yves rushed to me.

‘I’m on it.’ Xav placed a warm hand on my back and flooded

me with his sedative touch. ‘She’s exhausted and run down,

Yves. We’ve got to be very careful with her; she won’t be able

to take much more. She’s so strung out, more pressure could

make her snap.’

‘I’ve got to go back,’ I whispered.

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