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I watched as Griffin stared at Caleb as though he didn’t knohat to make of him His expression was a mixture of surprise and distrust

"Well, thank you," he finally said, patting Caleb on the shoulder "I’irl"

I stared at Griffin, surprised by the strength of emotion in his voice as he spoke those last words We were close friends, but I supposed that I had never quite realized just how much I meant to hiht?"

"Yes, I’m not har to reassure him "But I really need to see my brother now"

Chapter 38: Caleb

Rose insisted that I stay on the island until her parents returned Although I felt uncoive in to her requests Perhaps it was just because she was so stubborn

After greeting Aiden and her friend, we headed to see Rose’s brother in a beautiful white stone building they called the Sanctuary Walking through the hallways, we stopped outside a circular bedroom where Ben lay in the center of a bed His eyes were open by the time we arrived

"Ben!" Rose yelled and ran over to hi hi his throat Compared to Rose, he certainly looked worse for wear He had shadows beneath his eyes, his skin had a yellowish tinge to it and he looked much thinner compared to when I last saw hih

I looked at the brown-haired witch as attending Ben along with several other witches Her face lit up as soon as she saw Rose enter and she wrapped her in a tight hug

"How did you get here?" Ben asked

Rose ran over to ed me to his bed "Caleb" The princess beamed up at"I re her… and for trying to save me"

He reached up a hand and I shook it

Itpleasure out of it, so I didn’t say anything to her

Rose stayed beside Ben for a while longer, but it was clear that he wasn’t in ested we leave and allow him to sleep to speed up his recovery

We left the Sanctuary with Aiden, e into the beautifulto show Caleb around the island for a bit, all right? I’ll check back at the port in a couple of hours or so to see if Moranddaughter another hug before we parted ways