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Kip shrank into himself "Um, you really don’t have--"

Teia put her hands on both sides of Kip’s face and kissed him full on the lips When she released hi

"Ooh, I want to make a ridiculous bet," Lucia said

"No!" Kip said, jolted out of his stupor, hands rising defensively

"Not with you, Kip!" Lucia said, laughing

Kip put his hands over his face "Let me die now, please"

Cruxer threw his aran to slon and turn around to see as so funny "They do it to us all, Kip They do it to us all"

Chapter 55

Gavin was out skiain Today he was alone Karris had been training some of the Seers in self-defense yesterday, and a stor her in their little town on top of the volcano’s rihland Gavin yawned as the sun rose and took his eyes off the waves at just the wrong second The skimmer turned a bit to the side and Gavin’s hands came off the reeds

The loss of speed made him pop up on the next swell The ski He hit the waves at breathtaking speed, skipped across the top of one, and then was crushed by another

Gavin swa merrily in the waves without him, and, fully awake now, pulled himself up on the deck What had he told the Third Eye? Sohed quietly at himself Then froze She’d asked him if he was a swi; and she’d said, "I see"

Note to self: when a Seer says, "I see," pay attention

He’d been heading west this ht of the Red Cliffs He’d already been ski for an hour

The Third Eye had told Gavin, "Three hours east, two and a half hours north Get there before noon" Five and a half hours from now put hi about right now, there was no way he could get there before noon So sheabout…

‘You like to cut corners, don’t you?’ she’d said

Clever witch Playing with hio directly east and then directly south, he needed to go southeast… He did soinary beads Taking the hypotenuse would take him… Four hours Noon exactly

Of course

So he turned his little craft southeast and raced the sun