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Chapter 28

I tried very hard not to fall sreat I a So yeah, basically, I ate it I did, however, rateful for since it was made of crystal Hence the naround, my wrist let out a loud pop I winced as the pain spread up lanced around I was standing in a cave At least that’s what it looked like A very unique cave, anyway The high arched ceiling was dusted hat looked like glittery charcoal, and dark red crystals hung down from it Rubies ran in a wavy pattern across the snohite crystal walls Through the translucent crystal floor, a river as dark as thein it like stars I had to admit, the place was absolutely beautiful Unrealistically beautiful, though Iaround in a cave lass and crystal?

Probably never That is, unless you are a Foreseer

I heard a faint swoosh, and then Alex dropped down froracefully besidemy hand to my heart "You scared the crap out of er up to his lips "Shhh"

Huh? "Why?"

Before he could answer me, I heard another swoosh, and Nicholas dropped down next to me

"Well, that was fun," Nicholas reree?"

"Oh yeah, super fun," I et this over with? The quicker we get out of here, the better"

"What’s the rush?" Nicholas slid his hands into the pockets of his jeans, and rocked back on his heels "Noto let Gemma leave until she’s trained" He winked at ives you and et to know each other"

"Yeah, no thanks," I told hio back with Alex"

Nicholas expression slipped into scowl, and Alex, I could tell, orking hard to suppress a grin

"Let’s go," Nicholas said in a clipped tone as he waved at us to follow hie paved with broken pieces of porcelain And just on the other side of the bridge towered twoan entryway to a set of silver doors that stretched to the ceiling The handles of each door were twisted in the shape of a circle that wrapped an S; the same exact shape as the tattoo on Nicholas’s wrist

"Wait here," Nicholas told us and pushed through the tall, silver doors

I leaned over in an attelimpse of as on the other side of the door, but it I snapped shut too quickly, like it had been yanked by sonetic force

Alex turned toout in a juet in there, letto be a probleo because of the laws"

"That’s what I don’t get" My wrist was throbbing so I cuddled it closer against o when you keep talking about these laws that won’t allow them to?"

He considered this "Well, the Keepers have a little bit of power over the Foreseers, so I’aped at hiet me out of here"

"I will," he assuredthat it will be easier with Keepers having soo another route"

I eyed him suspiciously "What kind of route?"

"Trust me, you’d rather not know"

"I alant to know"

"This time you don’t"

Silence

"So do they knohat I am?" I asked in a s his voice low "And it needs to stay that way"

I leaned closer to him "But wasn’t it a Foreseer whoto happen to me and the star?"

"The Foreseer that saw the vision was a close friend of Stephan’s," he whispered, his breath hot against my cheek "And they’ve worked really hard to keep it a secret from the rest of the Foreseers so let’s not ruin it now by talking about it, okay?"

"But they ht already now," I pointed out "Since the Death Walkers do"

"They ht not And let’s hope they don’t because it will et you out of here if they do know"

I rubbedtrapped down here Yes, the place was beautiful, but it was also creepy And ele person yet And then, of course, there was Nicholas He heightened the creepy factor, like, a billion notches

"Did you hurt yourself?" Alex asked, eyeballingdeal When I landed, I fell and my wrist popped"