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“For the hundredth—wait, thousandth—ti froht?”

He had a point Soren loved hiaze rested on his muscled back Soren was the son of Reverie’s Director of Security He had the kind of flesh that only carade considering none of the codes

Bane and Echo watched at his side The brothers followed Soren everywhere He usually had hundreds of followers, but that was in the Realht just five of them shared the cra the law

Soren straightened, flashing a cocky s to have to talk to my father about his security protocols ”

“You did it?” Aria asked

Soren shrugged “Was there ever a doubt? Now for the best part Time to turn off ”

“Wait,” Paisley said “I thought you were just going to jam our Smarteyes ”

“I’ve been jah time We need to turn off ”

Aria brushed a finger over her Smarteye She had alorn the clear device over her left eye and it was always on The Eye took them to the Realms, the virtual spaces where they spent most of their time

“Caleb will kill us if we’re not back soon,” said Paisley

Aria rolled her eyes “Your brother and his thehts ” She usually cruised the Realms with Paisley and her older brother, Caleb, froe For the past ht’s thean in a Roout Then they’d cruised to a Minotaur feeding in a Mythology Reallad we left before the piranhas ”

Thanks to her Smarteye, Aria had kept daily visits with her mother, who had followed her research to Bliss, another Pod hundreds of o, when the link with Bliss broke

“How long are we planning to stay out there?” Aria asked She only needed a few h to ask him about Bliss

A grin broke over Bane’s face “Long enough to party in the real!”

Echo pushed his hair out of his eyes “Long enough to party in the flesh!”