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I looked around, wondering why someone hadn't askedThe van was parked, surrounded by exotic, Indian forestry and the sounds of the wild jungle calling out to each other in the darkness

I looked around frantically, for asensation that alerted my blood that I was near Immortals prickled underneathin deeply the fresh, night air and spotted a campfire a little ways froh the darkness, too excited to bother with athered Resistance The farther the dream flew from consciousness, the ic left, and theout in the darknessthrough But I could still feel him, his blood, as weak and powerless as it was, still pumped in unison with mine Not completely severed, our connection still searched each other out in le He was my twin My brother And I could still feel hietation into a circle of Ie fire Jericho sat across the ca seriously with Gabriel and his reunited teanized none of the rest of the faces, representing a ht circle of the gathered rebellion buzzed with excited electricity Wrapped in an invisible cloud of collective ic, they pulsated with the saether I didn't know theht not even know each other But we oal, the saether in happy union for tonight, not knohat the

And not afraid of the unknown

I took a breath, inhaling the sroup, interrupting their excited chatter withstill they looked to me I was supposed to be their leader, they were the ones following me and yet I came to petition them for advice

I stared at theths, wishing I could just call the Titan part of me forward and demand that it take control of the crowd Instead, fear and uncertainty governed my emotions and even in front of people who stood with e to request a response

"Avalon's here," I blurted loudly, surprising most of them with information I should not rationally know

"He's what?" Jericho stood up

"He's here, he's in India," Most of the rebellion knew about the telepathic connection Avalon and I shared Before the tragic night at the farm, Amory trusted our secret with those that shared the mark of the Resistance However, I was still sure that Lucan and his Guard were clueless to the open coic With Sebastian sitting in the group tonight, I couldn't risk going into too retted my proclairl asked, her long, shiny black hair pulled over her shoulder in a waist-length braid With flawless skin, her perfect lips perpetuated a smile that she could not control and probably wasn't even conscious of She was absolutely stunning, made even more exquisite by soft, pink eyes that shiainst the black backdrop of the jungle

"I know, I just do I know this sounds crazy and it's not so I can really explain But I know that he is here in the core of er voice than I had started with

"Do you knohere he is?" A Korean man asked, clean-cut, with short hair, and narrow lips His deep green eyes, like the color of grass at night, bore into ry for infor the hand of a woman of a similar ethnicity She had short black hair too, sleek and shining and high cheek bones that turned her slowing, but deeper,in the fall, than fire

"No, not exactly With Lucan, but that's all I know" I shruggedI had introduced ence on these people They were having a good time before I showed up

"Well, Lucan is in the su theed blonde woman explained; she sat in between the Asian couple and the Indian woman I decided they had to be the India Team; they held the spirit of resilient camaraderie that Avalon shared with his tea what in the world Lucan would ith my brother in India

"Well, that's why I called Jericho," Xander stood up next to Jericho who had yet to sit back down after hearing the news that he was in the same country as Avalon "Lucan always comes this time of year to oversee the Eternal Walks However, from e've, or rather Te and his teaestured to the Asianby the bulging diaer

"Yes," Te took over, "froic in the Caves, or at least what ic is there has refused to cooperate with Lucan There is a whole batch of candidates for the walk and not one of theosh!" I shrieked, and the gathered Resistance collectively sat back, surprised by my outburst "That is incredible!" I realized at that moment that the Caves would only answer to ic moved inside my blood, and not the electricity I could call ic I wrestled with inside those very Caves just reed with , E?" Titus asked from across the fire

"The plan is this," I stated,in the ht after, and then we get the hell out of here?" They sat in stunned silence, still just looking at me, but I was confident ofout to be a fantastic decision

Chapter Twenty-Two

I woke up the nextNearwith hiroup lay sleeping in tents scattered around the jungle clearing

I sat up and stretched, alht, I had twisted all the way around so thatall the way unzipped

Grace Lewis, the blonde, college-aged girl, on the India teainally from Canesburry where Jericho went to school, came to India to ith the poor in Calcutta Ao, placing her on the a team with Te Che and his wife Pan, Naiar, an Indian ed, but was probablyhis thick, curly black hair and navy blue eyes, standing out against his freckled, dark, brown skin