Page 8 (1/2)

Witches were alreadythem, and the rest of us assisted wherever we could The state of theseI wondered what on earth had happened to them, what they’d actually found on that ship But I didn’t want to distract anyone by asking questions at a time like this Once we felt we’d done all we could for the humans, at least until we returned to our island, Grace, Arwen, Brock, Heath and I retreated to a corner

"What happened to these res," Brock added, retrieving a tissue froht in the blaze," Arwen explained, as she caught ed too Her skin tone just made it harder to notice "If eren’t witches," she said, "ould have been burned alive along with the rest"

I shuddered at the thought

Then Uncle Derek stea with Ben and ry as they looked around at the humans

I went to my parents "What now?" I asked them

It was Derek who answered: "We return to The Shade"

Grace

The journey hoo, the five of us decided to stay with the injured We went around offering the to keep them alive at least until we reached the island, where we could offer theed medical assistance

When we reached the Port, we escorted the with e s, it had been constructed ao Meadow Hospital, it had been christened It had state-of-the-art equipovern It was here that all aspiring ue caiven beds, Victoria, Arwen, Brock, Heath and I continued to assist for several hours until the adults dismissed us Many of the men were in such a bad state that they were predicted to pass away during the next twelve hours, even with the witches’ assistance, but those who survived and got better would be taken to the Hawaiian government, ould return them to their homes

We paid a visit to the bathrooms to disinfect our hands and any other skin that had been exposed, and then left through the sliding glass exit As we eed in the meadow of sunflowers outside, all five of us were quiet Contemplative

We reached the other side of the field and took to the forest path that would lead to the Sanctuary and then further to the Residences