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"Nobody is going to mess with Hostess," Doren said "Not on my watch"

"We’ll be honored to have you," Seth said

"Hugo could pose a proble just one launch to shuttle us aboard, the goleo," Doren said "Did you see him beat up those centaurs with his bare hands?"

"Do we need to hijack a watercraft?" Newel asked

"You’ll have to be careful," Vanessa said "These waters are famously treacherous This area is called the Graveyard of the Atlantic for a reason The shifting shoals off this coast have claihthouse," Newel said "We’ll figure it out The goleo We’d better hurry"

"See you on the water," Doren said

The satyrs clio settled into the back Vanessa explained to Trask what the satyrs intended to do, and he agreed with the idea

Kendra walked over to Seth "How did it go?" she asked

"I rang the bell We’ll see if it works"

"Want a pretzel?"

"I’m stuffed I overdid it on the crab cakes" They stood in silence for a et the sense that this is our last adventure?" Kendra asked

Seth rubbed the hilt of Vasilis "Yeah You too?"

She nodded "It’s sort of obvious since we haven’t even prepared a way back We couldn’t stop any of this e had a chance And we had lots of chances The artifacts The Eternals Noe’re out of chances I guess going to Zzyzx is better than nothing It will be better to die bravely a"

"You don’t have to go," Seth said

"Neither do you"

"I’ Vasilis If I’ froine what Patton would do It helps to think about Coulter"

"I’ too," Kendra said Her lip treood-bye to Mom and Dad"

"Don’t think like that," Seth said "Think about winning Think about protecting the world"

His sister ed a faint smile "I’ll try"

When Bracken and Warren returned, everyone got into the SUV and the sedan and drove to the location ear, they walked down to the edge of the water and waited for the proper ti the whistle

Seth noticed Bracken sitting down beside Kendra He couldn’t resist casually eavesdropping

"I’ to lash out ather"

"Don’t worry," Kendra said "I get it"

Bracken took Kendra’s hand, regarding her intently "Vanessa wasn’t wrong"

Seth kneas ti his hands in his pockets, he strolled up the beach He could not help dwelling upon what Kendra had said about this being their last adventure Alone in the dark, he had to adh, and Bracken probably had some tricks up his sleeve, but then he considered the raer of Bahuo’s ar the house at Fablehaven Dehte nuad involved? A wizard could be useful Especially if he brought soons But supposedly the horde inside of Zzyzx was even e time to roam this beach," a conversational voice said behind Seth

He whirled to see a grayisha hooded slicker and sturdy boots He had not heard the man approach "I’m here with so out to sea "Word to the wise: This beachsome unsavory visitors shortly"

This was no ordinary htly translucent "I know," Seth said "I called theet somewhere"

The man turned his head and looked at Seth "There are plenty of ways to get around"

"Not where we’re going," Seth explained "We have to reach Shoreless Isle So to open Zzyzx"

The man looked back out at the water "Can’t say I know much about that Sounds like you have your reasons Watch yourself when negotiating passage She can be unreasonable"

"You have any advice?" Seth asked

The ain "I don’t mean to intrude"

"Please"

"You have quite a sword there Don’t forget it, if she gets teht do theether"

Bracken ca hione There was no place he could have hidden Chills tingled across Seth’s shoulders

"Did you see him?" Seth asked as Bracken caht uardian spirit"

"He talked to me about the Lady Luck," Seth said

"I hope you listened," Bracken said "You all right?"

"Good enough I saw you chatting with s uncorinned They walked back to the others together Once there, Seth kept his eyes on the water, hoping to see Hugo, Newel, and Doren show up in a stolen boat The six of theainst Bracken’s shoulder Trask and Vanessa dozed<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>