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"Corrine!" a soft voice called out behindout of the hatch of a subed fro her out was Xavier, Vivienne, Claudia, Yuri, Eli… va with all the witches, and one elderly human I’d never seen before They all looked battle-worn, their clothes ripped and bloodstained

My heart sank when I realized that Ibrahi the

My heart doubled its pace as I raced toward them Rose threw her arms around asped, staring at all the ashen faces surroundinga hand on o inside and sit down first"

I had no patience to walk, so I vanished us all to the Sanctuary

Once ere all seated around the dining table, Xavier began, "We were all trapped on Caleb’s island The witch there… Annora She’s so else She overpowered us all"

"What did they do to you?"

"We were locked in a dungeon They didn’t do much else to us while ere there, but as for what they were planning to do… we still don’t know"

"Where’s Ibrahih "Ibrahi As for Derek and Sofia, we don’t knohat happened to theeon of that castle, leading to the supernatural realm Where exactly in the supernatural realm we have no idea But since Anna wasn’t anywhere to be found in Caleb’s castle, Derek and Sofia assumed that this was the only place Anna could have been taken"

Tears began to spill from Rose’s eyes Vivienne pulled her onto her lap and wrapped her arms around her in comfort

My mind reeled "What do you think will happen to them? Those ere left behind"

"The honest answer is that we just have no idea, Corrine I’d like to comfort you, but I’ive us any idea ere being held captive there"

Eli cleared his throat "Actually," he said, "I think we do all have some idea Or at least I do I believe, now that they knohere this island is, they want to raid it They knohat a huge population of humans we have here And clearly, they are in constant need of humans… I’m sure that if they knew our location sooner, they would have tried to tap into our resources years ago"

"Y-you think they will coasped

"I think," Eli continued, "that they were holding all The Shade’s most powerful vampires and witches for a reason They want this island to be vulnerable so they can swoop in and take whomever they want"

"From the sounds of it, Annora could swoop in even with them present," I murmured "She was able to overpower all of you"

"True," Eli muttered