CHAPTER 3 Are you sure about this Sam Tuck asked hanging back as she twisted the handle on Uncle Mitch’s study door He told me last night that he was figuring out how to help the unicorns Sam replied He must 1
have found the answer in his study somewhere She opened the door and stepped inside Tuck didn’t follow Sam this is your uncle’s private space He must think he can solve this on his own He’s been protecting the unicorns for years way before we even knew they existed Sam nodded I know but things are bad now The unicorns are sick They’re in danger of not being unicorns anymore My uncle is gone And the fog is vanishing from the island even though the fog clock is full If this isn’t the right time to help him I don’t know when that time would be 2
She headed for Uncle Mitch’s desk and began rifling through the papers spread out there hoping to find a clue about what shrinking horn cure he’d discovered Tuck sighed and stepped through the doorway He wandered around the study which was lined with built in bookcases He’s got guides on equine herbal medicine horse diets and the history of magical creatures but nothing on horn care he told Sam after flipping through several volumes There’s nothing in these papers but bills and orders for his boat business Sam said Tuck stood up Maybe he took 3
