Midnight for Charlie Bone: The Children of the Red King #1

Paton tracks down Benjamin’s parents and convinces them not to leave their son alone again. Meanwhile, Charlie and his friends set their plan into action to help Emilia Moon remember her true identity as Emma Tolly. Olivia spends the week befriending her and manages to bring her to Fidelio’s house. There, Charlie, Fidelio, and Benjamin activate the case. When Emma hears the bells and chants, she begins to cry. Olivia and Charlie comfort and tell her about her aunt, who wants to reunite with her.

Their plans are interrupted when the Moons discover Emilia’s visit to the Gunn House and take her back to Bloor’s Academy, where Manfred confines her in a dark cell. Emma, encouraged by Charlie’s earlier words, escapes through a window in her cell and flies away. She finds Paton on his nightly walk and asks him to show her to her aunt’s bookshop.

Paton escorts Emma to Miss Ingledew, who recognizes the girl’s resemblance to her late sister and welcomes her inside. As they settle in, Emma says she wants to live with her aunt rather than return to the Moons’ house. The following day, Paton tells Charlie that Emma made it safely to her aunt’s house.