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Could herBut it wouldn’t have hurt to have her on Nadia’s side

She’d known the minute she first drove into Captive’s Sound that this place was serious trouble To a Steadfast, every inch of this town looked like a nightmare come true No wonder Mateo Perez had had trouble with it; even Faye, with her years of experience, had been terrified by her first sight of the s and sea Evil dwelled here: no question about that

But she’d taken the job exactly because this toas so troubled--because, even if she’d never be a witch like her ood

Well, noas her chance

The front door of Elizabeth’s house opened, and Faye tensed But it wasn’t Elizabeth alked out To her astonishood kid What the hell would he be doing with Elizabeth Pike?

Faye grabbed her phone to text Nadia Maybe this wasn’t so she needed to know--but maybe it was, and Faye didn’t intend to take any chances

When she began typing, though, her car door swung open

Startled, she turned to see Gage just as he grabbed her ar?" Faye struggled but couldn’t pull free; he was strong "Let e didn’t listen No--he couldn’t listen His eyes stared at her vacantly, coence and hu around hinify darkhi to escape and started fighting back She tackled hiet hiave her a chance to yank her are sers were already turning the key in the ignition Within seconds she’d sped off, panting as she glanced in the rearviewafter her iht her? Thralls can’t do anything co directly influenced They love their creator, and only their creator They can sense danger to the Sorceress And they’ll fight to protect her

Right now, all of theer to Elizabeth--Nadia, Mateo, Verlaine, everyone The only question hich of the at it! If people see you staring, they’ll wonder what you’re staring at

Verlaine curled into one of the plastic chairs at the hospital and tried very hard not to iine that the pearl she noore in the locket around her neck wasn’t wary Because it wasn’t--she’d double-checked the glowing part in theaith her, re her of the power she would soon help to channel

The power that round trembled, and people cried out in alarh; the shaking died down after only a few moments For Verlaine it was a relief: Probably just Nadia at work, she thought