Devils Like Us: Chapters XV–XXI

by L.T. Thompson
Remy, Cas, and Finn, three teens in 19th-century Massachusetts, must fight back against a secret society with the help of a pirate crew in this YA fantasy novel.

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Chapters I–VII, Chapters VIII–XIV, Chapters XV–XXI, Chapters XXII–XXVIII, Chapters XXIX–XXXV.
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  1. aggression
    violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
    Finn arches an eyebrow at him, and he spins the winch with more aggression than necessary.
  2. atrocious
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
    Díaz’s handwriting is atrocious, and the message is infuriatingly vague; it could be some sort of code.
  3. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
    The visions usually come months apart; two within a fortnight is unprecedented.
  4. gambit
    a strategic maneuver
    Remy moves first, and she opens their game with a simple but reliable gambit.
  5. cede
    relinquish possession or control over
    Remy considers her next move carefully—but she might need to cede some of her own territory to better set up an attack.
  6. transliteration
    the act or product of copying from one alphabet into another
    “It’s called the Mark of Death. It’s a reaper’s sigil—a loose transliteration of what appears on a person’s soul just before that person is to die.”
  7. revelry
    unrestrained merrymaking
    He drifts away to speak with a newcomer on the edge of the group—this must be the lighthouse keeper, Gilly, who’s briefly entrusted his post to his partner so he can come down to see the revelry.
  8. tryst
    a date or meeting with a love interest
    Years of secret trysts, of sneaking in and out through back doors, of guarded conversations that can happen only in whispers and so usually don’t happen at all.
  9. apprehension
    fearful expectation or anticipation
    For days, it’s all been bumping together inside him—the joy, but also the apprehension, waiting for the reckoning to come.
  10. blithe
    lacking or showing a lack of due concern
    “Yes! Yes, this is …” All of Cas’s instincts tell him to say something blithe and insincere, but he pushes those instincts away to instead say the truth: “This is perfect. Thank you.”
  11. emphatically
    in a forceful manner; with emphasis
    “I’m not,” Leo says, so emphatically that Cas is certain he means it.
  12. irrefutable
    impossible to deny or disprove
    “I have no idea what’s real. I just wish I had some sort of … proof, you know? Something irrefutable. So that I could stop wondering and just know.”
  13. inextricably
    in a manner incapable of being disentangled or untied
    This fire inside her has always been inextricably tied up with the worst day of Finn’s life.
  14. bleary
    tired to the point of exhaustion
    It’s nearly noon, but everyone here looks haggard and bleary; even the always-unruffled captain seems distinctly ruffled by last night’s revelry.
  15. exorbitance
    extreme excess
    He’d forgotten how long the cloak is—hardly the fashion these days, but Cas’s mother has always favored exorbitance over style.
Created on Wed Mar 18 06:33:59 EDT 2026 (updated Sat May 09 16:28:40 EDT 2026)

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