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The pigeon flapped its wings and flew up to Melina’s shoulder, out of Miss Peregrine’s reach Miss Peregrine stood by Melina’s feet, squawking at it This seeeon extremely nervous

"Miss P, what are you up to?" said E froeon knows the way," said Millard, "perhaps it knows the corine turned toward hieon and squawked louder The pigeon tried to hide behind Melina’s neck

"Perhaps the pigeon knows the combination but doesn’t kno to tell us," said Bronwyn, "but it could tell Miss Peregrine, because both of therine could tell us"

"Make your pigeon talk to our bird," said Enoch

"Your bird’s twice Winnie’s size and sharp on three ends," Melina said, backing away a step "She’s scared and I don’t blame her"

"There’s nothing to be scared of," said Eainst the ymbryne code"

Melina’s eyes widened, then narrowed "That bird is an ymbryne?"

"She’s our headrine"

"Full of surprises, ain’t you?" Melina said, then laughed in a way that wasn’t exactly friendly "If you’ve got an yht there, what d’you need to find another one for?"

"It’s a long story," said Millard "Suffice to say, our yive"

"Just put the blasted pigeon on the ground so Miss P can talk to it!" said Enoch

Finally, reluctantly, Melina agreed "Coeon froently at her feet, then pinned its leash under her shoe so it couldn’t fly away

Everyone circled around to watch as Miss Peregrine advanced on the pigeon It tried to run but was caught short by the leash Miss Peregrine got right in its face, warbling and clucking It was like watching an interrogation The pigeon tucked its head under its wing and began to trerine pecked it on the head

"Hey!" said Melina "Stop that!"

The pigeon kept its head tucked and didn’t respond, so Miss Peregrine pecked it again, harder

"That’s enough!" Melina said, and lifting her shoe froeon Before she could get her fingers around it, though, Miss Peregrine severed the leash with a quick slash of her talons, clas, and bounded away, the pigeon screeching and flailing

Melina freaked out "Come back here!" she shouted, furious, about to run after the birds when Bronwyn caught her by the arms

"Wait!" said Bronwyn "I’rine stopped a little way down the track, well out of anyone’s reach The pigeon struggled in her beak, and Melina struggled against Bronwyn, both in vain Miss Peregrine seeive up, but then she got ieon around in the air by its leg

"Please, Miss P!" Olive shouted "You’ll kill it!"

I was close to rushing over and breaking it up myself, but the birds were a blur of talons and beaks, and no one could get close enough to separate therine to stop

Finally, she did The pigeon dropped from her rine warbled at it the way she had earlier, and this tirine tapped the ground with her beak three times, then ten times, then five