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Now that Caleb and I had made this plan, we didn’t want to delay Caleb finished the boat quickly with the help of Ibrahi I could think of that we et to New Zealand, and of course it depended on sowe decided to spend on each island we stopped at, how rough the weather hether we just got lost in each other’s eyes in the ht of our planned departure soon arrived My parents ca to the cabin, and helped us carry all our baggage to the boat

When I arrived at the end of the jetty, it was the first tieous The covering over the wide deck Caleb had created to give shelter fro sofa in the center with a walnut coffee table, directly in front of the small control rooht need--a bedroo view of the ocean, an en suite bathrooh supplies to last a randfather, Vivienne and Xavier aiting for us on the deck I hugged them each one by one

"The invisibility and protective spells we’ve placed over the boat will come into play as soon as you leave The Shade’s boundary," Ibrahim said

"You two be careful," Viviennehis ith a large suitcase toward the staircase leading down to the lower deck

My parents and I followed hi to say one final goodbye My mother pulled me close and kissedht "And please… try to stay out of trouble"

"We won’t be going anywhere where there’s trouble" I chuckled, kissing her back

I dreay fro lifted ," he said "Your mother and I willoodbye to Caleb and stepped back onto the jetty with Vivienne, Xavier, Corrine, Ibrahiathered

Caleb and I were due to leave now, but we stepped off the boat to say goodbye to the rest of the--in his wolf forood one," he growled, butting Caleb in the side with his head

Then he nuzzled h the fur on his neck and gave hioodbye to Claudia, Yuri, Anna, Kyle, Griffin, his parents, half a dozen of irlfriends, and finally, just as ere about to head back toward the boat, I noticed that at the back of the crowd, Jeriad was standing with his girl of choice, Sylvia

Leaving Caleb, I walked toward the shifter I was surprised to see hi It was as if they were avoiding me

He looked atfroh his

"I wish you a safe journey," he said, his voice deep and ru him closely I was about to ask how he and his co Sylvia by the waist, he walked off with her into the woods

I looked over at Caleb He raised a brow I shrugged andon with those dragons," I oodbyes and then, clutching the bag of chocolate bunnies Griffin had given me for the journey, I boarded the boat with Caleb He headed to the control roo and blowing kisses as Caleb navigated the ship to the boundary As the figures on the beach grew tiny, I joined my husband I took a seat by his side and looked at him

His eyes were fixed forward in concentration I followed his gaze, then spotted the hunters’ gray ships surrounding our island

"Do you think they’ll detect us?" I asked

"I don’t know," Caleb replied "But it doesn’tas none of the trip"

Even though I kneere safe within the witch’s spell, ated the boat beyond the boundary Heclose to the boundary as he kept watch on the ships, and then he began speeding us away along the choppy waves, toward the wide-open waters

Once we had traveledbut dots in the distance, I was able to breathe h to put the boat on autopilot He stood up and looked down atmy hand, he led me out of the control room and onto the moonlit deck I breathed in the fresh salt air and looked around at the endless expanse of water, relishing the cool wind againstWe walked to the front of the boat and stood listening to the rolling waves