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“Hordly, you and Graely gather them up…,” Pestale smiled with the pride because of their first victory “We are off for…” he hesitated and the smile filled his eyes, “home, we are off for home”

Chapter Four

“JAZMINE DECKER, MARINE Biologist, you are late for duty,” Jazz said to the empty cave “Or at least, you will becoet out of here, or is it fall already in the human world? She knew that time in the Faery Realm and other realms as orked very differently

So what hed over the problem

“What to do?” she asked out loud She was talking to herself, yup, talking to herself, but that was okay, exercising the vocal cords was a good thing

She had been thinking about her situation for what seemed like an hour and had come to the conclusion that in all probability, she wasn’t in i She was after all, an i eaten, which she believed she had enough power to accomplish, then it was only a matter of time before Trevor found her

She bolstered herself with this belief, looked around, put her head down on her bent arms and stretched out on the fronds

“This sucks,” she told herself, for as bad as her situation was, she was fairly certain so back in the Human Realm She knew that Pestale and his army had tricked them and used another Portal—one the Seelie had overlooked They should have known—she should have known, because she was a Fios and as a Fios she should have sensed sohed Her laughter weaved into hysterical before she got control and told herself to breathe, just breathe

Right, what she was dealing with here was spilt milk, the hysteria tickled her throat, but she beat it down

So what did this ed in battle with the Royals and the Seelie warriors somewhere in her human world And here she was unable to help “Really, really sucks,” she added

She got up, brushed herself off and went back to theto find her way through the dark in a land filled with prehistoric everything

She went back and tried toout loud as well, “Trev, can you hear ht you said this mind link of ours would work anywhere? You said we could never be parted by land or distance because of our bonding Trev…can’t you hear me?”

Why couldn’t he hear her? Did this mean they were not really bonded? And if they were not really bonded, did that mean she was not his ‘true mate’ as he had told her?

The doubt slid through her body icked force and pricked sharply at her heart A sudden tear formed and she swiped it away

She had to get control of herself