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Aislin turns in a circle "Where could he have gone? There’s nothing here, Ge I was back at the castle, cuddled up with an unpossessed Alex "Who knows? He probably had a way out of here the whole ti with our heads"

"Gemma Lucas" A deep voice bellows "I hereby declare you a risk to the Foreseers and all that we stand for The rules state that under no circumstances will a Foreseer aid to another Foreseer’s banish the in punishh the light, protecting my eyes with my hand "I know it is You need to listen to uilty I fixed his nore me "The punishment will result as follows: One, the offender will be expelled from the City of Crystal"

"Such a bu a dra of her arht to use the power of the Divination Crystal is revoked You will no longer be able to use the power to see or travel through tiift that doesn't require the aid of a crystal ball"

"What?!" Aislin and I exclaim

He talks over us "And three, your Foreseer mark will be erased"

The back ofdownand clasping my neck "You can’t do this!" If he does, then I’ll never freeover round "Aislin are you…"

I sink to the ground and it ss me

Chapter 10

"Ge her tone "Open your eyes, please You’re freaking me out"

"Go away," I mutter My head spins like a ind and o away"

"I can’t," Aislin says "Not until I know you’re okay"

"I’rass swathes my head, water soaks my shoes, and the blue sky taunts me with its cheeriness

"It’s not the end of the world" She bends down, her golden brown hair veiling our heads "You hated your Foreseer power anyway"

I sit up,to leave my neck "If someone took your Wicca poould you be upset?"

"But you haven’t used it in a while," she points out "Well, except for today"

"It’s the only thing that could free my dad," I complain

She dusts off her white shirt, which is still buttoned unevenly "I know"

I slip my black and purple sneaker off and dump the pebbles and water fros and leaves cake my hair I pluck a crusty leaf out and flick it to the dirt

"I’ht within one And my dad’s still stuck in the Roo out," she vows "We always do"

I nod, but don’t believe her We can’t figure out everything and were bound to run into an unfixable probleet back to the house" I sway to my feet, tipsy from whatever Dyvinius did tooverof the Keeper’s one," she states solemnly "Your Foreseer mark isn’t there anymore I checked"

I sketchrateful the star’s still inked on rees and we trudge over the shallow hill, away from the lake and to the castle The cars are parked in the driveway, the hoods are down, and Laylen isThe front door’s cracked and smashed flower pots splinter across the steps

My shoes crush the frag seem a little off?"

"It’s not just you" A shies her power She inches the door open and we enter cautiously Aislin sneaks a sives it toVoices flow from the library We creep past the stairs and down the hallway I take the lead, the knife upturned When we arrive, I want to turn back and hide in h Stasha is Alex’s ex-girlfriend, who happens to possess the power of death With a simple touch, she can kill I know because she tried it on me But it backfired and she only ended up te my hands

She sits in one of the leather chairs Black gloves cloak her hands and she wears a bright blue dress thatwith Alex, who is seated in the chair across fro that makes my blood burn

Laylen spots us and leaps up fro Stasha and Alex’s eyes to dart to us

Sasha’s lips expand into a malicious smile "Well, look e have here"

Laylen holds up his hands "I did not let her in In fact, I tried to shove her down the steps and slauilty party It also explains the broken flower pots on the front steps

Alex’s eyes are guarded as he sizes upreaction I tellwith me, not him Jealousy devours me, but I stay caler things to worry about" I turn h it kills me

"Go check on her," I hear Aislin say and footsteps chase after me