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So it’s true After all this tiates to other realms still open

What else could this hole be?

"Have you seen a pregnant woreen eyes?" I asked "Anna, her naain, there are a nu your tih the hole"

"Where is this hole you speak of?" Derek asked, gripping the bars and staring at her intensely

"It’s not far fro"

"So it’s near this dungeon?"

She nodded "Quite near"

The probleed to break free froate, we had no idea where it would lead to and whether ould ever find Anna and her child in the li they were still alive

Chapter 18: Sofia

Derek paced up and down the cell for what felt like hours His de little to calm my own nerves as I sat next to Rose andWe were all weak--we hadn’t had blood for too long As for Rose, I didn’t knohen she’d last had a meal, but she looked pale

Derek and I offered her soth, but she refused Which came as no surprise Even when she was ill she refused to drink it

I suspected that we’d have to force her to drink it if ere trapped here er

The other vahter as possible We were all starting to suffer fro, the s

I leant ainst the stone wall and shut my eyes

"What in the world…"

I looked up to see Ibrahiers A few seconds later, the lights fixed to the walls in the dungeon flickered and went out, plunging us into darkness

"What?" Derek asked, staring at Ibrahim

The other witches also rushed to stand up

Ibrahi tothe bars, uttered a spell It blasted open, sending pieces of sharp iron flying everywhere

I scraate, dumbstruck We had no time to try to make sense of the situation So this would last, we had no idea