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"I don’t knohat the future holds for either of us, River," he said softly Lifting his face, he looked down onin the world "I’ht, I have you"

Chapter 21: Ben

Thankfully, we got through the hurricane without too e to the submarine After that, the rest of the journey flew by I kept expecting another obstacle to derail us, but no We passed the rest of the way san to feel more and more nervous as we neared the boundary of The Shade As we reached within several dozen ht I haddetail I tried to shove theto happen this time I will have River’s blood, and I’ll stay by the boundary

As ere closing the distance, I noticed soray vessels, evenly spaced around the island

What are they?

They certainly didn’t belong to The Shade And if they weren’t The Shade’s ships, who to other than… the hunters?

Hoould they know The Shade’s location?

I sped up the subhts of the ships as I focused on reaching the boundary

I raised the top half of the subh River stared as what had previously been an expanse of ocean turned into a view of a nificent dark island as the first half of the subrateful that we had even ht’ve caused the spell to wear off and I wouldn’t be allowed to enter

Even thesomeplace new, since I felt and heard movement near the back of the subh the boundary

Now fully inside, I scanned the length of the shoreline anxiously Although a part of ain, I just was not ready for it yet I was glad that I couldn’t spot anyone on the beach, nor by the Port

River picked up the container of her blood that she had prepared for me earlier and slipped it into the compartment next to my seat