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"So… what are they going to do exactly?" I asked et an initial scope of the place and report back," she replied

Of course, I understood why those tere going As fae, they were the least likely to be detected and set off alarms The IBSI could detect witches in their vicinity Fae were a species that they had much less experience with, because, thankfully, fae had not paid Earth much attention It seemed that the main attraction the huhosts to deliver to the ghouls But that pact had been broken long ago There had certainly been no sightings and no major natural disasters that we had reason to believe they were the cause of

More of our group--including Brock, Arwen, Grace and Heath--caazed out of the , our eyes fixed on the headquarters’ entrance This becaed in one of the coaot tired of that too as the hours passed

After three hours, ere starting to feel anxious

"Do you think so could have happened?" Sofia asked

"I doubt that," Derek said--the cale It will take thehly"

And so we continued to wait and watch and fidget Arwen and Brock slipped away toward the back of the vehicle after another half hour Since Corrine was here, and it see things more low key The rest of us lapsed back into conversation Then, as I stood up to stretch ht h the trees

"What’s that?" I whispered, pressing et a closer look

"What?" my mother asked Everyone shot up fro, to the left of our vehicle I wasn’t sure exactly what I’d seen"It could’ve just been an aniroup of five h the trees They were carrying a large metal case We watched with bated breath as they passed us and walked toward the headquarters’ entrance

"I wonder what they’re carrying in that case," Roseit from," Grace added

I frowned Grace had a point I had seen frole for h the entrance, and ere left with nothing to look at again None of us could think of ave way to silence until Ben and Lucas finally returned I could already tell from their expressions that their excursion had not been successful