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Then, suddenly, I’ yanked to the surface The hand around ets pulled up with me As we approach the surface, the hand releases, and I fly out of the water and out onto the rocky shore

I suck in great gasping gulps of air, struggling to get oxygen back intothe black water that it welco and gagging, when a wo into the Lake of the Dead?"

I look up and try to focus my blurry vision on the speaker, buta few feet away It takes me a moment to realize that the reason I can tell the horse is black is that the single horn in thelike a ship’s lantern in the fog

"No way," I whisper, fighting off another coughing fit "You’re a unicorn"

The unicorn tilts its head to the side and givesI see before I black out

CHAPTER 18

GRACE

When Milo calls and asks if I want to go grab lunch somewhere, I almost put hio, I’ve been half crazed I stayed upon raht to search the streets

I’ood things to throw into the o to lunch, Milo," I say, "but--"

Before I can tell him I have to cancel our plans, Greer snatches the phone from my hand, clears her throat, and says, "I’m halfway across town Can we meet in, say, twenty minutes?"

She sounded just like me

I reach for my phone, but she jerks it out of reach

"Greer!" I shout-whisper

"Uh-huh," she says, twisting to avoid my efforts at phone retrieval "Okay, I’ll find it Sounds perfect"

She hangs up, hands my phone back, and says, "You’re welcoo on a date I have to keep looking for the oracle"

"We’re covering the sa while you have lunch with Milo Consider thistomorrow afternoon"

"I--I can’t"