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Ibrahiinally froroups and outcasts who’ve s are now run in The Sanctuary"

"But hoould she be so powerful?" Aiden asked "Surely, if anything, leaving The Sanctuary lessens one’s potency, not strengthens it?"

Ibrahim’s eyes darkened "Well, that’s not the case here"

"So who is this witch?" Derek asked

"We call the back down in his corner "They stand for everything The Sanctuary doesn’t Witches of The Sanctuary are generally peace-seeking people The only time they will encroach on others is if their own peace is threatened The black witches, however, are very different The history of their existence is a long story… but they practice witchcraft forbidden within the walls of The Sanctuary A black witch is the only kind strong enough to overpower eless herself"

Vivienne and Xavier had crawled closer to the bars opposite us as they listened to our conversation

"And what now?" Vivienne asked, worry filling her violet-blue eyes

Ibrahi, he an shaking the their li around in confusion

"Are any of you able to conjure your ic?" he asked

Each of them tried to wield their powers, and each of them failed Ibrahied to knock out all our powers We’re no better than huth than us"

I stared at Derek, duht of Ibrahiht the day would coripped Derek’s hand "But we need to find Anna," I croaked, ht be too late, even now"

I stood up and gripped the gate, using all the strength I had within e an inch The witch must have put some spell on it

"Believe rieon at the most capable warriors of The Shade I didn’t re queen of The Shade when all of us were speechless at once

Chapter 7: Caleb

After Annora made the Novak areons, she called on me and several other vampires to lock them securely inside the cells Once we’d thrown them all into cells, Annora char the i for you," she said, and vanished

I left the Novaks’ dungeon and made my way to the kitchen I walked over to the trap door in the far corner, and yanked it open Screams echoed all around me as I passed the cells I walked past the first few cells and headed straight to the back of the dungeon

That hen it hit me

Why can’t I smell her blood?