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Chapter 17: Sofia
I prayed that Corrine would stop sending people The moment they set foot in the castle, Annora see theroup of witches whom Annora dumped in one of the cells nearby And later, to our horror, Adelle and Eli were brought down Had the situation not been so dire, it would have been alht down by Caleb, I almost had a heart attack I couldn’t believe my eyes at first It took a few hter is away frohth to protect her And we have no way of breaking free
Derek and I grabbed her as soon as she was thrown into our cell She appeared to be unharhere?"
Rose stared at me, in a state of shock herself Her lips eon looked equally horrified to see her
She averted her eyes to the ground and finally ed to croak, "I hid in the back of Eli’s sub" Her face was ashen, her lips tre as she spoke
Derek swore I was so beside h to express my fury with her I clutched her shoulders and forced her to face …You stupid, stupid girl"
This is the problem with th of huuilty face became blurred by my tears
"Where’s your brother?" Derek demanded
"I left him home with Corrine," Rose said
I was at a loss for what to say I looked up at Derek, and recognized the sa emptied of its leaders bit by bit because da people to come here And now Eli and Adelle couldn’t even act as the ers that they were supposed to be
"I had no idea," Eli choked, staring at Rose
I breathed out heavily and placed my head in my hands
What will become of us?
I just hoped Ben wouldn’t try to follow us too, now that his sister was gone It was just the sort of thing he’d attempt
Rose shuffled quietly in the corner, next to Aiden, who put an arainst her chest, her eyes fixed on the floor
"The boy brought you in here," Derek said, addressing our daughter "Did he harm you in any way?"
Rose looked up at him, her eyes moist with tears She bit her bottom lip and shook her head
Derek turned back to face me I wished that he could offermore that could be said "We have to escape from here," he muttered
We’d both repeated those words to each other countless times already, but neither of us knehere to even start