CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
“NO!” Oliver screamed, falling to his knees in the shuddering darkness.
A small light began to flicker. Ralph had lit a flame in his palm. It danced around the shaking walls.
“What do we do now?” Ralph stammered.
Oliver felt awful. He just wanted to give up. What was the point? Esther was already dead. The Elixir had already created some terrible event that was tearing the school apart at the seams. Why bother?
“Ralph, can you use your biological specialism to move it?” Hazel asked.
“I can try,” he replied.
The tall boy hurried closer, forcing out his powers. His neck strained from the effort. The muscles in his arms bulged. But the kapoc tree did not budge.
“I can’t do it. It’s too heavy.”
“Let me try,” Hazel offered.
She cast forward with her own powers.
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