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I left the palace and began walking along the roads through the city

I avoided eye contact with the witches and warlocks I passed by, hoping that nize me after all this ti-ter people

I’d have to becorate

Any company but my oas toosee down it unleashed theed here, even after all this tiht I’d see the day when I’d be welcomed back home with open arms

Now that I had been, I couldn’t deny that nothing could replace The Sanctuary as my ho fae of the city

The buildings were becorant ht of a waterfall crashing down into a gorge

I approached the hanging bridge connecting one side to the other and began walking across it, breathing in the crisp air

I stopped once I reached the s

As I stared down at the churning waters beneath ain as an to play inin Aviary, to the first time we’d made love in my lake house… all that had happened between us washed over me

I wondered if Kiev felt any rery with hi me to leave the island unprotected

I was sure that it was the latter

He was too besotted with Sofia Novak

I thought back once again to the night I’d seen the the scene too

I hadn’t been able to bear staying there a er, so I didn’t knohat had happened after I left

But I was sure that Derek would kick Kiev off the island

Perhaps Sofia had left with hirily with the back of hts and e forthe bridge and, on reaching the other side, I cli , I rubbedaway the tear stains fro my hair, I swam closer to the waterfall

I was about to duck down behind it when someone called my name