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"Rise and shine, sweetheart," she said "You slept in late I want to leave in half an hour"

Groaning, I slowly sat up in bed and glanced toward Josh’s bed He was sitting upright, already dressed Through thebehind hi Blue skies, not a cloud in sight My kind of weather

Since I’d already cleanedin the shower I just went to the bathrooet dressed I felt nervous as I thought about the day ahead A visit to the area where the IBSI’s base was located I had no idea e ht find, but hopefully ould not be detected by anyone

Shayla ordered up some breakfast She and I stuck with cereal and fruit, while Josh would only drink a athered in the center of the room Shayla placed a hand on my shoulder as well as Josh’s Athrough air at the speed of light Traveling by the witch’s ht after breakfast I was glad that I hadn’t eaten too much

It took a few azed around, ere standing on the sidewalk, along a long, wide road lined with graceful oak trees On the opposite sideas a high, spiked fence that stretched the entire length of the road Beyond it was sos They’d been renovated recently, by the looks of it, with tinted glass s

It looked like it ious university, e structure toward the center of the compound shaped like a cathedral, and other, ss clustered around it

"So this is it?" I whispered I was so used to the usual oblong, brownish, custos that the hunters usually set up at their bases This came as a bit of a surprise

Shayla nodded, her focus on Josh She gripped the handles of his wheelchair and began pushing it forward "Any of this at all familiar to you?" she asked

"Not yet…"

"Okay," she said "I’ to cross to the other side to get a closer look" Shayla and Josh disappeared frorip on the wheelchair so that I wouldn’t lose theh the fence

When Josh still didn’t say anything, we continued walking along the road until the fence gave way to a towering gate There were two ss on either side--more modern than the ones located in the h the s

We ought not get tooalong the road When we finally reached the end of it, we took a right turn, following the cole We e the coaps in the fence’s bars Since we moved slowly, it took us about two hours to circle the cos but also fields and training grounds When we arrived back where we’d started, Josh still hadn’t said a word, and I was already writing off the idea that he was fro a hunter was all a stupid speculation, too