Page 35 (1/2)

"I’ve never calledup the tablet I dropped, brushing dirt fro "And, Six, I had no choice Seriously I tried as hard as I could to get John to go back and look for you and help"

"He did," I"Don’t blame Saing and kissing, I was gettingyou a favor I would have died if Bernie Kosar didn’t grow into this giant elephant-bear animal and help They have your Chest And I’ht next to inia"

"Then that’s where I’ to Spain Today"

"No, we’re not!" I shout, brushing off my sleeves "Not until I haveto Spain," she says

"Why now?" Sam asks

Our SUV comes into view "I was just online It’s serious over there Soe symbol into the mountainside over Santa Teresa and it looks exactly like the brands around our ankles So"

We hop in the car and Six drives slowly down the road, and Sam and I hide in the footwells of the backseat Bernie Kosar barks froe

Sa the article about Santa Teresa twice, three ti symbol on the mountain is no doubt Loric "What if it’s a trap?" I ask "My Chest is ht be selfish, but before I leave the continent, I want ht openon in Spain

"I need to kno to get to the cave," I say

"John! Get real You’re really not going to co all that, you’re going to let et this Also out of Santa Teresa, there’s a woman reported to have been cured, out of the blue, of an incurable degenerative disease Santa Teresa is, like, an epicenter of activity right now I bet every member of the Garde are on their way," Sam says

"If that’s the case," I say, "then I’ my Chest back"

"That’s insane," Six says

I scralove co for, and I drop it in Six’s lap before hiding in the footwell again

She lifts the pale yellow stone above the wheel, turning it over in the sunlight, and laughs "You had the Xitharis out?"

"I figured it ht co, re?"

"An hour, , but it could still give e it, please?"

When Six holds the Xitharis to her teo after the Chests while she heads to Spain

Chapter Twenty-Six

I DO IT WITHOUT EVEN THINKING THE SECOND the e of the hole in the roof, I send twotowards him The second one is a direct hit He falls forward and into the sleeping quarters; and when he hits the stone floor, to my amazement, he turns into a pile of dirt or ash

"Run!" Adelina screaainst the flow of the other girls and Sisters heading to the south wing for safety I take hold of Adelina’s hand and guide us to the nave and down the center aisle

"Where are we going?" Adelina yells

"We’re not leaving without the Chest!"

Another explosion rocks the foundation of the orphanage and ht back," I whisper, releasing her hand, floating towards the nook

Six tells us we’re close to Washington, DC, and that erous terrorist; no wonder I was taken to the nation’s capital for questioning

"There’s a flight leaving Dulles International in less than an hour," she says, turning the wheel "I’ on that plane Sam, are you with me or are you with John?"

Sam places his forehead on the backseat and closes his eyes

"Sa," he says After awith John"

I et there alone, anyway," Six says, but she sounds hurt

"You’ll be fighting with more experienced Gardeto take two of us to get both of our Chests out of there"