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Brushing away the thoughts that had beenmy brain about Griffin and Caleb, I ju the door wide open My heart sank on seeing that it was still e? If they don’t return by the end of today that will be two full days of their absence Surely retrieving Anna would only take a few hours with all the forces they brought with them Unless Anna wasn’t at either of the islands and they’re still looking for her…

Ben had woken up uncharacteristically early too and he shared my worried look when I told hih the same rationalizations I had, but still looked disconcerted I downed sorabbed a piece of toast before we both ran off to see what Corrine made of this situation She would be just as anxious about her husband

We entered the Sanctuary and found the witch in her potion roo round her wooden table, deep in discussion The witch was holding a large black book between them She shut it as soon as she saw us enter and they both looked at us

Corrine already kneas on our minds just from our expressions "I can’t pretend that I’m not surprised they’re not back yet," she said "Ibrahi on whether Anna was still on one of the islands" Her voice trehtly as she said her husband’s nah I was scared to hear the answer

"I don’t know The only thing I can think of is that Anna was one off on so for her But they would have sent one of the witches back with a e"

A silence fell as we looked at each other

"We can’t just keep sitting here and doing nothing," Ben said

"No, we can’t," Eli said, clearing his throat "If they’re still not back by to"

"But we have no subs left to even travel there They took all of them"

"We have a couple of spare subency But they shouldn’t be needed because we have a feitches we ht be able to spare for a day or so to see what happened"

"I want to go," I butted in

Corrine scoffed "You are going nowhere, young lady"

I stared fro either of the about this now," she continued "They could return in a few hours Let’s just hope they return before toh my stomach continued to twist itself into knots All sorts of dark possibilities began to play on my mind What if they’re trapped there? What if they were too late to save Anna and all their work and sacrifice has gone in vain?