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With that, Ibrahim turned on his heels and made his way back toward the direction of the witch’s temple

Sofia and I stared blankly at each other for several minutes Eventually it was Sofia who broke the silence

"Derek," she croaked, "what confusesin Aviary, but it otten there? We see that it was Kiev who kidnapped him Not one of the Hawks Our hunt for hioose chase"

"I know I know But it’s all we have Also we do know that your father is there, along with Ian, Anna and Kyle"

"Barely a moment has passed that I don’t think of theantuan task within the span of twelve hours--we need to be laser-focused on who our actual target is We may not have time to look for everyone…" Her voice broke off

"I know I know" I rubbedif I wasthis "I don’t knohy you keep saying ‘we’, Sofia There will be no ‘we’ Onlyboth of her parents in one fell swoop"

"No" Sofia started shaking "I can’t let you do this alone You will have no powers there No chance of surviving even a s and claws If you decide to do this, I’ with you"

"But Rose! We can’t…"

"And I can’t let you go alone The chances of you surviving on your own are probably half of what they would be if I acco alone risks your life and that of our son… if we really think he’s there somewhere Rose is safe with Corrine and Ibrahim"

My mind was so juainst a rock and slid down to the floor, placing ainst my knees Sofia slid down next toby Our hour would soon be up

"I don’t know that I could stand living such a life of regret If we let the gate disappear… knowing it could have been in ht of risking Rose growing up without us slices ood parents to her Corrine’s already become more of a mother to her than I am"

I wrappedintensely into her green eyes that were several shades more vibrant now that she was a vampire Do we really want to take this risk, Sofia? What if only one of us survived? What if I lost you? I’d already experienced losing Sofia more than my fair share of times and it was an experience I had no desire to repeat