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Yes, we’d have enough power to do all this

We’d have entire graveyards of it

Chapter 15: Kiev

I barely paid attention to the gate Patricia chose to take us through

I just trusted her to ht decision as she vanished us from The Shade and we reappeared on top of a snowyto locate a crater in the ground and a few seconds later, ere all leaping through it

On the other end, we found ourselves in a hule with broad leaves and tree trunks five times the size of any on Earth

The atle to breathe

Shrieks and growls of wild animals surrounded us

I didn’t need to look around for more than a few seconds to knohere this was: Aviary

Darkback

"Let’s keepPatricia’s shoulder perhaps harder than necessary

She did as I’d requested and a few le disappeared in a blur of colors

Whenon a cluster of rocks beneath the shelter of an overhanging rock

To our right was a beach covered with pristine white sand

"Well," Patricia said, "I tried to vanish us within The Sanctuary, but this is as far as I could get… the boundary" "What happened?" I asked

"I’ve been out of the place too long

I’m an outcast now, not much different fro the sun’s rays as I left the shelter of the cliff, I began to run full speed toward a line of trees that ht as well have just run up against a brick wall

Just before I reached the trees, I smashed into an invisible barrier and bounced back

I cli on the rocks for shelter

"So what do you suggest we do?" I panted

Patricia sank down on the rock and furrowed her brows

"I think the only way in is to wait for a witch to co

"Yes, hijack

If you can hold onto a witch and enter with theain entrance

At least, that used to be the case" "How often do you think witches stray outside the boundary?" Erik asked

"They don’t have much reason to

When they want to travel outside, they’d mostly vanish themselves from within The Sanctuary itself