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I left the Sanctuary andat the very edge of it and scanning the shoreline, breathing in the fresh sea air, trying to calm my nerves

Eli joined me a few minutes later

"Now all we can do is wait," I said, shivering as a cool breeze touched my skin

"Xavier has stationed vampires at all the lookout points," he said

I sat down on the edge of the jetty and pulled ht," I said

Eli sat down next to me, and we both stared out at the empty horizon We sat for hours in silence By the fourth hour, I stood up I was too restless to sit any longer "I’ to walk further up the beach"

For all we knew, they could come tomorrow, or the day after Or in a week’s ti It was all speculation

I re the the beach for a couple of hours, doing everything I could to keepwas not knowing It set ine all sorts of scenarios that were probably worse than the reality

By the time I’d circled alan to retracethe port, I saw it

For over the ocean in the distance, a dozen miles beyond our spell’s boundary, was a dark vortex A ind that was beco speed, it was heading right for us

My li, I vanished myself from the spot andon the jetty

"She’s co," I shouted

I vanished and reappeared in all the other watchpoints around the island, screas By the ti its breath

Once I was sure everyone had been alerted, I returned to the Sanctuary The witches all stood in a circle, their eyes shut tight, fists clenched in concentration

I pushed between two of the round shuddered Chills ran from my neck down to the base ofby the look onthem to stay put, I vanished fro at the swirling column that had just penetrated our spell’s boundary

I knew Annora was strong, but I hadn’t expected her to break through so quickly That spell was the strongest protection we had It can only go downhill fro the jetty and rushing to the raised ground above the Port as the ind drew closer Eli left my side and ran into the woods I was about to follow, but when I cast one last glance over my shoulder, I stood rooted to the spot The vortex had now approached within a few feet froed tornado and begin tearing our island apart, but instead, as soon as it touched the sand, it disintegrated into thin air, leaving in its place a crowd of vaures stepped out from the crowd and looked toward me A tall dark-haired man, and a shorter, blonde woman As I approached closer, my jaw dropped My mouth dried out

The blonde woet such a h ht of my existence

Tborns in my arms, barely half an hour old The flash of red eyes Sofia’s baby boy ripped froht…