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"You’re forcing her to search for the Infinityglass?"

"No Waldo"

Lily flipped through theup her bloody mouth and bruised cheek

"Why?" I asked "It doesn’t exist"

"Then ere you looking for it? Your father believed it was real"

Lily’s fear escalated, and I caughtelse She hadn’t told Jack we couldn’t find the Infinityglass That was probably the only thing keeping her alive

"Dad doesn’t knohat he believes anymore You took the last five years of hisoutside, where the sunset flamed hot pink and lavender "I should’ve wiped him clean"

"Like ain, but Lily’s fresh panic kept it in

He sighed and walked to the , turning his back on us

I caught Lily’s attention, and rasp ained control I saw fierce deterhtness of her spine

"Hey, I think …" She cleared her throat "I think I’ve found soed as he looked over at the ra hioers cheered as they threw pumpkins into the fire for Pumpkin Smash I took one step toward Lily and Jack

"I think it could be in Meypt one It’s faint, but it was definitely there It ersypt?" Jack said "Why do you continue to lie?"

He raised his hand

"No," Lily argued, her eyes bright with fear "Look, right there"

Closer

"Right where?" Jack asked ied the question out

All three of us looked toward the stairs

Teague

Chapter 52

I’d have given anything to be inside the panic I saw in Jack’s expression Fear like that ue" He said her name with a reverence that should have been accoue know, or what could she do that would ue s from her pores "Liam’s son?"

"Yes"

Footsteps echoed on the stairs behind Teague

Poe

Lily’s fear Teague’s cal at all froue didn’t acknowledge Poe, just continued to focus on me "Where is Emerson? I expected to find her here She is the reason Jack wants the Infinityglass"

"E "So is Michael"

Jack whipped his head toward me "Gone?"

"We ran into a rip at the Phone Company A fire E ained control, I said, "Neither one of the for one