The leader of said group is revealed to be Mirella, who wears an eye-patch in place of her missing eye. Nita doesn’t hunt supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the black market her mother does that. Nita only dissects the magical bodies for her. Any information you publish in a comment, profile, work, or Content that you post or import onto AO3 including in summaries, notes and tags, will be accessible. She lets Nita pass safely.Ī few days after Anita makes it to Canada, Mirella is shown on the TV, which features a news story on how a large pod of murderous Amazonian dolphins have blocked a major trade route and are demanding that Brazil join INHUP in order to better protect Unnaturals. Nita doesnt hunt supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the black market her mother does that. She and other Amazonian dolphins overturn and drown boats of escaping death market patrons.

Her body falls into the bay and Anita believes her to be dead.Īfter Anita sets fire to the Mercado de la Muerte, it is shown that Mirella survived the gunshot and that contact with water changes her body to have fins. The narrative, while dark and gruesome, is one of survival and betrayal, and will make teens question their own thoughts on humanity and how far they would be willing to go to save themselves. After Anita breaks out, she helps Mirella escape, but when the duo is spotted stealing a boat she is shot by the man who purchased her eye. Rebecca Sky, author of Arrowheart, on Not Even Bones 'Readers who are tired of the same recycled story lines will find something original here. Senora Reyes later orders Kovit Sangwaraporn to torture her for fighting back. When a buyer comes to her cell and purchases her eye, Mirella fights back as they take her away to the operating room where her eye is taken. Mirella had been at the death market for an unclear amount of time by the time Anita arrives.

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