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Trust me You’ll be back

Kendra, Grandma called up the stairs Your folks are here!

I’ll be right down Kendra sat alone on her bed in the playroos and helped hihed When her parents had first dropped her off, she had counted the days until their return Now she al about the ical nature of the preserve, there was no way they could possibly relate to what she had experienced

The only person she could share it as Seth Anyone else would think she was insane

Just thinking about it made her feel isolated

Kendra crossed the roo she had done of the pond It was a perfect keepsake fro the location of the bravest act of her life

Yet she hesitated to bring it Would the ie stir too many painful memories? Many of her experiences here had been dreadful She and her family had nearly been killed

And she had lost a new friend when Lena was returned to the pond

At the sa for the enchanted world of the preserve So many aspects of Fablehaven onderful Life would seem so dry after the extraordinary events of the past couple of weeks

Either way, the painting ht cause her pain But of course those memories would persist with or without the picture of the pond She picked it up

The rest of her bags were already downstairs She cast a final glance around the playroo up the details, and walked out the door She went down the stairs, along the hall, and started down the staircase to the entry hall

Herup at her They had notably gained weight, especially Dad-he looked twenty pounds heavier Seth stood near Dad clutching his painting of the dragon

You did a painting too! Moeous!

I had help, she said, reaching the bottom of the stairs

Hoas the cruise?