Chapters 17 through 19 Summary

In chapter seventeen, Allie begins exploring the ship and finds hundreds of kids hanging upside down in the Chiming Chamber. McGill has come up with this as a torture, creating abject hopelessness in his victims. Most accept they are trapped but Nick continues to seek a way to escape. Leif asks if Allie wants to join them and offers to make room for her to hang next to him. Nick advises Allie to ignore him but is angry when Allie says she won't release them immediately, saying she'll return for them later.

In chapter eighteen, The McGill insists Allie teach him to skinjack. Allie knows she doesn't want him to know this so comes up with a plan to keep him occupied for a long time while she tries to figure out how to rescue Nick and Leif. She tells him...