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Her fingers felt every inch of the map twice Her mouth turned down at the corners "I don’t feel this one"

"That’s because it isn’t aTower of Pisa--"

"There" She opened her eyes "I think I’ve got it"

Her cheeks were flushed, and the exciteious I took her face in my hands and kissed her hard on the lips "You can do it"

"We can" She pointed at the Skroll "Let’s start with North America"

Two hours and seven continents later, we had nothing

"I don’t knohat I’" Lily stretched her neck frootten a hint"

"Take a break," I told her, touching her cheek "Maybe we’re pushing too hard"

"What if it doesn’t exist, Kaleb?" She leaned against the couch, dropping her head back and closing her eyes Hopelessness

"My dad thinks it does" I had to hold on to his belief I h to oals I kne much he loved my mother, how pure it was He’d never risk their relationship on soated back to thewe’d overlooked so One file didn’t have a title at all I tapped twice to open it

The hologra

I used the stylus to quickly advance the pages "No way"

Lily sat up and opened her eyes, focusing on the i?"

"These are my dad’s files, the ones that Jack and Cat stole They’ve been scanned in They list everyone he’s come across in his research who could have a tih faster and faster "It doesn’t make sense Unless …"

"What?"

"Dad expected Jack to use the files as a bargaining chip with Chronos How did they end up on the Skroll?"

I advanced to the letter C and saw E to read it now

"Will you …" Lily sounded strange, as if she was trying to stop herself froo to the Gs next?"

"Why?"

"I want you to look for "

She exhaled "Try Diaz"

"Diaz?" I went backward froe, Eduardo, and Pillar"

Lily gasped

"Do you know these people?" I asked

"Pilli hat my father called ot to A for me My real name is Pillar Diaz" She stared down at the Skroll "Does it say what I can do?"

"Not you It just says your grandfather and father had seeker abilities There’s a question mark by Pillar’s … by your name"

"You knohat this randfather, so he brought Abi and me here He found us, just like he found Ee his past, he wants to use s" Her voice was steel, but her heart was broken "He had to get lass"