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"Ok, what about Peru?" I asked, ticking off the epicenters in ic in a way that prolongs our lives now that we are concerned about the King's Curse," Athened energy, but ic I believe Kiran would agree that there is ain London than over here" When Kiran nodded, Amory continued, "We heal faster in those parts of the world and we frankly live longer"

"Ro likewhile I was there

"Romania is a lot like India in that the Gypsies have an alht into our people that other huan to explain and I was surprised to hear hi "Like you said, the Gypsies you encountered were scared of you and I think that is the general rule across the country For the most part they leave us completely alone, which is e are able to have our Citadel there with active prisons" Jericho spit the last sentence out and I cringed hoping it wouldn't ignite so between Kiran and him

"Yes, but more than that, the prisons in Roain, but this time I could sense a little bit of pride in his tone and I felt physically ill thinking about Lilly inside of one "No I in the core of the earth there that is capable of trapping and keeping Immortals"

"Amory escaped," Avalon said plainly; there was not sarcaser or malice in his voice, it was a statement of pure fact

"Not from the prison," Talbott rebutted and I felt the tension in the roo Avalon the "eye"

"Amory, what does that mean?" I asked in awe This was a story I had not heard before

"I will tell you so dinner is neither the time, nor the place," he sht

"Who's ready for soed the subject and spoke for the first ti

I was thankful for Aunt Syl's intuition and stood up to help her clear the table But a chill ran up er Talbott and Kiran still were to erof dread formed in the pit of my stomach I was naive to believe these torlds could coexist I was naive to believe a relationship between Kiran and I would solve this world's proble this was all going to come to a head sooner than I wanted to believe it would

Chapter Nineteen

I stepped on to Kiran's posh private jet on a secluded airstrip north of O, with my new backpack and a small carry-on suitcase I was a ball of nerves already and the plane hadn't even taken off yet

I willedmyself to take step after step until I was able to sit down in a luxurious leather chair I threw my carry-on and backpack on an identical seat across the aisle and usedchair around and around

An iced bucket, holding an expensive bottle of chaht and the flat-screen TV took up thean old movie I would have loved to pay attention to under different circun flashed on and obeyed the safety coe clothes, out of , ready for the heat of India

I wasn't in any hurry, though, Athy journey ahead of me The plane ride alone would take over a full day and then the trip into the mountains another three days I would be in India approxi ell and add in the four days total of traveling, I would be gone for thole weeks

Thankfully, the trip took place over the first part of Dece trip I had been thrilled to be dis school, but I still wasn't happy about spending half of the trip overseas alone and traveling for theI exhaled loudly, hoping sounds were still permitted, just not the actual formation of words

Once the plane was in the air, an attractive flight attendant appeared, froposition She gestured towards the lights I assu me if I wanted them dimmed and so I just nodded ht and once the lights were softened and the stewardess left ain I leaned my chair back and hoped to find the sleep that had been eludingof the jet and let myself think about all those I left behind There hadn't been any danger yet and I wasn't really expecting anything at all until after the Walk I wanted to believe that Lucan was interested in seeing what I was capable of before he ave me a more detailed description and blueprint set of the Romanian Citadel in order for me to study the escape route we took a few months earlier I memorized every detail of the plans I kept tucked safely in Aunt Syl's closet, but hoped I would never need to call up the information

The key was, as Amory explained, to escape before they moved me down into the prisons themselves Once down there it would be impossible to escape Well, it had been i hi