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She turned to face the others "You kno this goes," she said, her voice raised "Form a circle"

I kneould come next I looked back at the submarine "I can’t just leave that here," I said "Sub order"

She looked back at it "Well, I’ll vanish that too along with us Now everyone, please for," I said, "You can’t just enter the Shade so easily, it’s protected by our witches And--"

Mona reached out and touched my shoulder, "Don’t worry about it," she said

I stared at her and wondered what shea circle I looked around at the new va what each of their stories were, and how they ca with Kiev and Mona

Kiev had remained silent all this time I felt his eyes on me constantly And despite Anna’s reassurances, it still felt wrong to allow him back on the island I wasn’t sure that ive h Mona stood in the center of all of us and a few seconds later, ere all lost in a whirl of colors

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"You!" I gasped, staring at Kiev

In thatBen, Anna, and her child again The vampire consuen out of the air, I could barely breathe

Even as Anna rushed forward and wrapped her arms aroundto find Kyle," Anna said and hurried off with her baby

Ben left the crowd and walked towarda hand on my shoulder

"Anna trusts Kiev," he said "I don’t knohy exactly, but she says he helped her Both Kiev and this witch, Mona, brought her back to us"

I looked from the blonde witch to Kiev The witch walked forward and held out her hand toher eyebrows

I nodded weakly

"My name is Mona," she said "We’ve co story, but we happened upon Anna Kiev… he wanted to return her We don’t intend to stay long, but we’d like to find our feet A few days would be appreciated"

I was speechless Kiev wanting to return Anna to us? It was as though this was a different va before me

I also couldn’t help but sood place to find their feet "The island is expecting an attack at any h to let you stay here for a short while, I doubt finding your feet is what you’ll do It’s dangerous here--"