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I tried to rack my brain to think of sole vampire, human, wolf or witch with hair this dark, short and curly

“WhichIbrahiht

“I have a feeling that a black witch is behind this,” Ibrahim said

I shuddered at the thought But why only take Rose when he could have taken so much more? Why not take Anna? Why not use the opportunity to take over The Shade and overthrow Mona?

I couldn’t make sense of the idea, but we didn’t have time to stop and discuss theories We just needed to find Rose

“Where could they have taken her? Back to Caleb’s or Stellan’s island?”

“I doubt they would have taken her back there after the Novaks ed to break in before”

I stared out at the ocean, a feeling of hopelessness swelling in the pit of my stomach

“I wonder what happened to the real Micah,” I h I was sure I already knew the answer I doubted he’d still be living if the black witches were indeed behind this

Ibrahiainst the side of the boat as he continued staring at the hair, his brows furrowed

We sat in silence for the next fewto think of what to do next but both failing

Eventually the silence was getting on my nerves, so I stood up and reached down a hand for hi… anywhere I can’t sit still like this Let’s just keep scouring the waters if we have to”

Ibrahih, then stood up

Both facing forward, ere about to vanish again when a loud thump sounded a few feet behind us The boat shook

We whirled around to see two blonde wo before us

“Brisalia?” Ibrahi at the older of the two

I recognized thehter, belonging to the lineage of the Ageless

Ibrahilances These itches we couldn’t afford to mess with Their powers more than rivaled our own

“What are you—” Ibrahian to say, but before he could finish his question, the titches sprang forward, both leaping for ourbackward and braced myself to hit the water But before we ever touched the ocean’s surface, we vanished

A ferocious wind engulfed round again and I found round A starry abyss A gate Ibrahim stood next to me, the titches either side of us Thick trees surrounded us We were in some kind of forest—where, I had no idea As Ibrahiht the hold they had on us, a force pushed us backward We lost our footing and the abyss consuli in after us

I reached for Ibrahiht as we traveled at furious speed I gasped as the end of the tunnel finally came into view Sunshine blinded rassy lawn Ibrahiround a few feet away froripped ate as soon as the titches shot out froh, our bodies froze h, resisting the suction pulling us doard