Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow

Morrigan wakes Francis early in the morning. She gives him the small green bottle and asks for his help making a cake in Jupiter’s favorite flavor. She then returns to the Deucalion, where she finds Jupiter making a mess of baking his own cake. They have both written apologies in the icing of their cakes. Morrigan’s apology expresses her belief that Jupiter and the others at the hotel are her family and her hope that in the future, he will tell her the truth, assuring him that she can handle it. They eat cake together. Jupiter admits that he didn’t tell Morrigan that the Darlings didn’t want her because he didn’t want to hurt her feelings: “I just wanted the world to be a softer place for you” (476). Morrigan reveals that she met with Bertram, but she doesn’t speak of her apprenticeship with Ezra Squall because she doesn’t want to distract Jupiter, who is preparing to help deal with the Guiltghast.

At the Winter Trials, Morrigan talks with Cadence and shares her suspicions that Aunt Margot brought Morrigan into the Darling family because she wanted a Wundersmith to give the family status.