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We all huddled around, not daring to ask anywith dozenson a beautiful beach We faced the wide-open ocean Behind us were tall trees lining the shore, and to our left were rock forht for the line of trees and we followed her As she was about to enter the woods, she jolted back, as though she had just bu

"They have extended the boundary," she said, rubbing her head "Let h this I was able to last tiive her soh When she still hadn’trong She turned around to look at us, her face ashen "Ibrahied since we last visited here Stronger reinforcements have been put up around this place"

Ibrahim and Corrine walked forward to help her, but even with their efforts combined, they were nofilled the air It alunshot and it seemed to have come from about a mile away

Mona, Corrine and Ibrahiain as we looked toward the sound We began cla over the rocks for a better view

"Oh," Mona said softly a few feet in front of me I hurried forward to see what she had spotted And then I gaspedin the middle of the beach beyond the rocks was the warlock we had just left behind in the olf real powerful-looking curses toward the boundary It seemed that he had not noticed us yet And we needed it to stay that way for as long as possible

We needed to get inside the boundary quickly, and now it seemed that neither Mona, nor Corrine, nor Ibrahim would be able to pull it off

Only I could

We backed away froainst the rocks in a row

I stood up "Corrine, can you remove the invisibility spell, please"

"Why?" my mother and Corrine asked at once

"Please just trust ood reason"

I was pleased when it was reuys wait here and keep watch on Rhys’ et us inside Give me about half an hour I’ll do oing?" my mother asked

"I need to try to attract someone’s attention on the inside of the boundary I think it’s better if I just go alone I’ll be heading along this beach--just try to keep Rhys away"

With that, I began racing away before anyone could try to hold me back

The truth was, I had no idea where to start At least this side of the island was bordered by forests, but I couldn’t start yelling out in case Rhys heard me No, I had to travel further away fro overheard Rhys was not a va would not be sharp enough to pick up on ainst my heels as I raced forward across the beach I keptthat they would start thinning the further I ran But they were showing no signs of disappearing Heck, if anything, it appeared that they were growing thicker My heart sank as the sand gave way to piles of rocks I could still cli across flat sand Heaving , careful not to slip and injure iant crabs