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As my hands trembled, I realized how in shock I was It was not even so much their sudden arrival, nor what they had said about Josh I just could not get over the fact that they had been so ready and willing to walk right into such danger They kne deadly our security was They kneere equipped with an arons, jinn and witches who could take theravate us anyway

We didn’t know exactly what they had done to Josh, but whatever it was, their actions confirht to keep hi to risk the lives of God kneman as supposedly at death’s door spoke voluet hih to launch such a fatal attack, they were certainly desperate enough to fabricate wild lies

And that e had to believe the hunter’s state but a lie

Once the fire-breathers’ business was done, the witches allowed the dragons back into the island They soared down and du fro with Shayla and the other witches who had been hovering in the air to witness the scene up close

"All right," Shayla called out to everyone--there really was quite a large crowd by now Vampires, olves, humans, even Brett and Bella had trundled out of their caves "Nothing to see here anyo to Josh The first thing I want to do now is get that tracker out of hiht hireed

She vanished the two of us and we reappeared on my veranda As we entered the apart by theHe would’ve witnessed the entire battle froentle hand on his shoulder "Noould like to take you back to the hospital"

Grace

Returning to Meadow Hospital, Shayla took Josh to the X-ray room A full-body X-ray, she said, would be the fastest way to determine where the tracker lay She entered the roo me to wait nervously outside I hoped that the tracker wasn’t lodged so Shayla eed about a quarter of an hour later and allowed me inside My heart lifted at the look of relief on her face

"This should be an easy job," she said "They put it in his right heel Just a hts Since Josh couldn’t feel anything in his legs anyway, there shouldn’t be any pain

We took Josh to the surgery room, helped hi table Shayla decided to give hi the procedure, she dug into the back of his heel and within a couple ofdevice It was so slim and small, it could have beenhis foot Then she allowed Josh to slowly sit up

"You feeling all right?" Shayla asked

"Yes," he murmured

"You are now tracker-free," I informed him

The witch helped him back into his wheelchair and we returned him to his bedroom He didn’t want to lie down, so instead we positioned his chair near the here he could look out at the sunflowerthat I do the saot the tracker out of the e really, really need to try to find out who you are Why those hunters want you soher arh our first attempts failed, I,Different potions, different ic, perhaps even the sah to you Would you be all right with that?"

He met her eyes, his expression dead serious "I’ll drink any da you feed me Trust me when I say that I want to discoverto her feet and clasping her hands together "So it’s back to the drawing board forwith both witches and jinn I think you can expect us to start with our various procedures within the day" Shayla turned to address me "I suspect that this will be a process that lasts several days We should experih it et to the botto to her words, acuriosity to find out about his background, an underlying fear that I still hadwith him

But whether that was or wasn’t the case, either e needed to unravel Josh’s mystery

"So," Shayla went on, "you will still have free periods together, of course, in between our calls But I don’t want you to be gone too long at one time Always take a phone with you and keep it switched on, because we could need hiht ere on to so"

"Okay," I said

And so passed the next few days Basically they became a constant bombardment of appointments with various jinn and witches--not just Shayla and Safi--and crazy nuical procedures that were quite ed to take Josh to his new gyAfter about a week, I noticed a pronounced difference in his arain His appetite also re solid foods