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When we finally broke apart, I glanced down to see thatht I’d lost you" I found one, but as the dragon let out an impatient snort above us, noas clearly no time to ask

I could have stayed in that boat, lost in Caleb’s e Caleb’s hand, I stood and pulled hion

"What on earth happened to you?" he asked

Charis was too close to us for ful to Caleb now

I shook ht it was about tie," I muttered

Caleb frowned and opened his mouth to press me further

Before he could, I quickly pulled his neck down and pressedhim

Then I unlocked our lips and whispered into his ear, "I can’t explain everything now

You just need to trust on

"This is Charis

He’ll be carrying us all away froon boomed down

"To an island known as The Shade," I replied, as calmly as I could

"Our last destination before I return to your realer to his lips

"You just need to trust me," I repeated in a whisper

Charis hovered closer to the boat

I climbed onto his back first and positioned s closing around either side of me as he wrapped his arms around me protectively

Bella followed next

As we launched once again into the sky, the only thing I could do was pray that Mona would be able to help us fight off the dragon

Chapter 26: Kiev

I’d never visited The Sanctuary

Neither had Erik or Abby

I had no idea where to even start looking for Mona

We were dependent on Patricia’s instincts nowtoldshe’d thought she’d seen was an illusion caused by a ghoul

And once she was convinced, she was powerful enough to break us all out of here

We just needed to find her