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"Your sister, it seeift," Max explained

I didn’t tell hi Or that it wasn’t her only power There were still so s I didn’t understand about what had happened, about what Angelina had done to save me

Instead I asked, "Where is she? Where areto know that my family was safe

"They aren’t far, trust me They’ve barely left your side I’lad you’re awake" His lazy grin made my heart stutter "Sydney’s with the "Sydney? What’s she doing here?"

"Once the news got out, it was impossible to keep her away She’s very deter Reminds me a little of Brooklynn"

"You didn’t tell Brook that, did you?"

His smile widened "She didn’t really care for the coainst ed in so little tiined Sydney voluntarily under the same roof as my parents and Brook But then I re even as I dared to ask the question "What aboutAron?" I couldn’t finish, he’d been too close to death the last tied to heal Xander, Aron, your parents, and Eden In fact, I’m not sure even Xander believed Eden would survive If your sister weren’t already a princess, Xander would treat her as one anyway I think he plans to build statues in her honor"

It was all the explanation I needed Of course Angelina had helped theer had to hide what she could do I looked atMax understood what I was asking

He laughed again, but this ti?"

I nodde J"0e Anodde J"d

"No She stopped the elina says she doesn’t knohy it happened No one does"

Tears burned elina had spoken I remembered the sound of her voice as if I’d only just heard it, and I was relieved that I hadn’t been dreaht about what Max had said "Do you think I’ll stop too?"

He reached over and ran a finger acrossthe sparks that followed in the trail of his touch, flickering brilliantly beneath my skin