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I turnbits of Faerie Realm dirt "Did anyone else notice that Luna looked a little too happy for so the Faerie Reallances at ht onto that, huh?"

"She was grinning from ear to ear," I say "How could I not notice it?"

He kicks his feet up on the table and drapes his ar sure out why she was so happy"

"I’ to share" I unzip my jacket and toss it on the couch as he s We need to figure so Laylen and Alex co else" Aislin watches me expectantly "And I have to save Aleesa fro over

I snap ers in front of her face "Aislin, are you alive in there?"

She blinks into focus "Yeah, I’ a look

"Maybe one of the sprites worked their way into her brain," he muses

I pull a repulsed face "Can they do that?"

He shrugs with a twinkle in his eye "Who knows"

"Gemma!" Aislin shouts "We need to save Alex and Laylen! Now!"

"Okay, okay, ill," I sputter, observing Nicholas from the corner of my eye "You don’t have to worry I’ll always save them"

Nicholas rolls his eyes "Wow, youhurt Maybe I need to retract ence"

Aislin leans forward in the chair "A?"

I shake et started Do you want to try and do a Tracker Spell on both of them?"

She nods and li and her pajarab my stuff"

"Are you hurt?" I ask

"I just rolledwith her," I note to myself

"Yeah, she has Avery blood in her" Nicholas chuckles

"So what are your plans?" I ask derisively "Are you sticking around to help? Or do you plan on bailing and telling everyone our secrets?"

He overlaps his hands, his gaze piercing "You know, you and I have a lot in co into the couch "The only thing we did have in coone noe don’t even have that"

His gaze scorches et under your skin so badly?"

"Because of your charnores h, the last few tiet to you"

"That’s because I saved you fros like sick invisible snakes on me"

"That was for Dyvinius I had no say in it"

"You have a say in everything you do," I tell hih to deal with the consequences"

"You haven’t lived olden eyes blaze "And until you have, don’t tellinterles with his words

"You know, you could always tell ht be nice to actually talk to so to trick the to happen "I’o help Aislin"

I walk out of the roo me back, almost like when I left The Underworld What scares me even more, is part of me likes that I feel this way

"I found them," Aislin announces fro the Tracker Spell, I changed out of my pajamas and into a pair of jeans and blue and black tank top

"Both of them?" I lace up my sneaker

She nods and sits down on the bed beside me "It’s bad, Ge myself "Go ahead and lay it on me"

"Well, Laylen’s in… The Afterlife"

"What!" I shout,erratic "How did that--why did that happen?"

She shrugs, picking a glob ofthe Banshee wasn’t dead and took him Or was dead and took hio to The Afterlife if they’re dead"

I stare blankly at her "Are you okay? You’re sounding kind of… off"

"I’hs "I’ else is wrong" I fastenher lip, she sucks back tears "Alex, well, he’s… he’s with Stasha"

Pain, pain, go away "He’s with Stasha?" I pause "Then as there all that blood? And pain I felt his pain, Aislin"

"I know you did" She side braids her hair and secures it with an elastic band "Don’t worry He can’t be there by choice Soht have hi"

"She’s not a witch," I utter softly