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Adam and Eve Lena stopped in front of a black lacquered door. A handmade flyer for the Holy Rollers—WHAT’S ROCK WITHOUT THE ROLL?—hung skewed to one side. She knocked on Ridley’s door. “Rid?” “Why are we looking for Ridley?” I had seen enough of her today. “We aren’t. There’s a shortcut to the Tunnels in her room. Uncle Macon’s secret passageway, remember?” “Right. Because now his bedroom is…” I looked at the door, trying to imagine how Ridley had massacred Macon’s old room. I hadn’t been in it since the day Lena and I broke up. Lena shrugged. “He didn’t want to keep his old room. And he sleeps in his study in the Tunnels most of the time, anyway.” “Good choice for Ridley’s room. Because she’s not the kind of girl who would sneak out a secret passageway in the middle of the night,” I said. Lena paused, her hand on the doorway. “Ethan. She’s the least magical person in the house. She’s got more to be afraid of going down there than any of—” Before she could finish her sentence, I heard an unmistakable sound. The sound of the sky ripping, and an Incubus slipping out of sight. Traveling. “Did you hear that?” Lena frowned at me. “What?” “It sounded like someone was ripping.” “Uncle Macon doesn’t rip anymore. And Ravenwood is completely Bound. There’s no way any Incubus, no matter how powerful, could get in here.” She looked worried, though, even as she said the words. “It must have been something else. Maybe Kitchen is experimenting again.” I touched her hand on the door, my breath catching. “Open up.” Lena pushed, but nothing happened. She pushed again. “That’s weird. The handle’s jammed.” “Let me try.” I threw my weight against the door. It didn’t budge, which was kind of humiliating, so I tried it again, even harder. “It’s not jammed. It’s —you know.” “What?” “Whatever the Latin is for using magic to lock your door.” “You mean a Cast? That’s not possible. Ridley couldn’t use an Obex Cast, even if she found one in a book. They’re too difficult.” “Are you kidding me? After the stunt she pulled with the cheer squad?” Lena looked at the door, her green eye glowing and her gold eye darkening. Her black curls began to blow around her shoulders, and before I heard her speak the Cast, the door blew open with such force it went flying off the hinges and into Ridley’s bedroom. Which seemed like the Caster way of saying “Screw you.” I flipped on the lights inside Ridley’s room. Lena wrinkled her nose as I picked up a pink lollipop stuck to the long blond hairs wrapped around a giant hot roller. There was a mess of clothes and shoes and nail polish and makeup and candy—on every surface, in the sheets, hidden in the pink retro shag carpet. “Make sure you put that back where you found it. She’ll have a fit if she finds out we were in here. She’s been really weird about her room lately.” Lena nudged an open bottle of nail polish that was oozing onto the dresser. “But there are no signs of Casting. No books or charms.” I flipped back the pink carpet to reveal the smooth lines of the hidden Caster door in the floor. “Nothing except—” Lena held up a nearly empty bag of Doritos. “Ridley hates Doritos. She likes sweet, not salty.” I stared down into the darkness at the stairs I only half believed were there. “I’m looking at an invisible stairwell, and you’re telling me the chips are weird?” Lena held up a second bag, a full one. “Pretty much. Yes.” I held out my foot, feeling around until I found the solid footing in the air. “I used to like chocolate milk. Now it makes me sick. Does that mean I have magic powers, too?” I stepped into the darkness before I could hear her answer. At the base of the stairs that led into Macon’s private study, we could see him standing at a desk, staring at the pages of an enormous book. Lena took a step— “Seven.” A girl’s voice. We froze at the sound of the familiar voice. I put my hand on Lena’s arm. Wait. So we stood in the shadows of the passage, at the edge of the door. They hadn’t seen us. “Seven what, Miss Durand?” Macon asked. Liv appeared in the doorway, holding a stack of books. Her blond hair spilled over her favorite Pink Floyd T-shirt, her blue eyes catching the light. In the darkness of the underground, Liv looked like she was made of sunshine. Marian’s former assistant, my former friend. But that wasn’t quite right, and we all knew it. She had felt like more than a friend. While Lena was gone, that had been one thing. But Lena wasn’t gone anymore, which left us where? Liv would always be my friend, even if she couldn’t be. She had helped me find my way back to Lena, and to the Great Barrier, the seat of both Dark and Light power. She had given up her future as a Keeper for me and Lena. We both knew we would always owe Liv for that. There was more than one kind of way to be Bound to a person. I had learned that myself, the hard way. Liv let the books drop onto the desk in front of Macon. Dust rose from the ancient bindings. “There are only five instances of mixed Caster bloodlines powerful enough to result in this combination. I’ve been cross-referencing every Caster family tree I can find on both sides of the Atlantic, including your own.” Mixed supernatural blood. Ethan, they’re looking for John. Lena could barely stand to Kelt it. Even her thoughts were quiet. Macon was mumbling into his book. “Ah, yes. Well. All in the interest of science, of course.” “Of course.” Liv opened her familiar red notebook. “And? Have you found anything like him in any of the Kept family records? Anything that could explain the existence of our mysterious hybrid, the
elusive John Breed?” I guess you’re right. Liv spread out two sheets of parchment that I recognized immediately. The Duchannes and Ravenwood Family Trees. “There are only four likely occurrences—at least, according to the Council of the Far Keep.” The council of what? Later, Ethan. Liv was still talking. “One of which is Sarafine Duchannes’ parents: Emmaline Duchannes, a Light Caster, and your father, Silas Ravenwood, a Blood Incubus. Lena’s grandparents.” Liv looked up, her cheeks reddening. Macon dismissed the possibility. “Emmaline is an Empath, a Caster gift certainly not capable of resulting in a hybrid Incubus that can walk in the daylight. And obviously our hybrid is too young to be a result of that particular union.” Lena shuddered, and I squeezed her hand. They’re looking at all those crazy family trees, L. None of it means anything. Not yet. Lena rested her head against my shoulder, and I leaned closer to the door to listen.
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Page 5 and 6: Tumult and peace, the darkness and
Page 7 and 8: Sugar and Salt In Gatlin, it’s fu
Page 9 and 10: Linkubus I was standing on the top
Page 11 and 12: She shook her head. “I don’t kn
Page 13 and 14: Mortal Girls As we drove down Dove
Page 15 and 16: Savannah didn’t think so, or she
Page 17 and 18: The air conditioning was running fu
Page 19 and 20: A few minutes later, Link worked hi
Page 21 and 22: 9.07
Page 23 and 24: I pulled the hearse up to the house
Page 25 and 26: I smiled to myself and reached unde
Page 27 and 28: Glass Houses and Stones A whole cat
Page 29 and 30: Savannah crossed her arms over her
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Page 37 and 38: “Our only clue is the boy. How di
Page 39 and 40: The air began to shift around us, s
Page 41 and 42: Too late? Her mother didn’t mean
Page 43 and 44: The City That Care Forgot I looked
Page 45 and 46: This Tunnel reminded me of a dungeo
Page 47 and 48: 9.15
Page 49 and 50: The bokor tapped on a bottle of cru
Page 51 and 52: The Far Keep And then Link and I bo
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Page 55 and 56: Abraham looked smug. “I’m not s
Page 57 and 58: There was no way we could go back t
Page 59 and 60: I nodded, but I didn’t say anythi
Page 61 and 62: 9.25
Page 63 and 64: Lena laughed. “Who told you that?
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Page 67 and 68: Lena squeezed my hand, and I tried
Page 69 and 70: She was almost gone now. “Leave m
Page 71 and 72: End of Days It’s some kind of sig
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Page 75 and 76: I snapped my phone shut and tossed
Page 77 and 78: If I ignored the weird lab table an
Page 79 and 80: Macon was watching me. “There are
Page 81 and 82: Rubbery Chicken All I could see was
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“I think we both know that isn’
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The next afternoon, we went to see
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According to my mom, it’s not a t
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Good-Eye Side Apparently Lena belie
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“Do you know how much I love you?
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Reckoning We were sitting in the ar
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Liv groaned. “You’ve no idea wh
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Temporis Porta Who is Ethan Carter
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Mrs. English disappeared, and the r
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Golden Ticket That night, after the
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You ever try to ask Amma something?
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I couldn’t remember the last time
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“Ridley—” Link sounded misera
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10.18
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any power of her own. Liv shook her
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10.19
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Link’s arms were crossed, and he
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The Sisters’ house looked exactly
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By the time I got to Ravenwood, Len
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Crucibles You know, babies are born
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against it as hard as I could, and
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Demon Queen One of the things about
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Dark Fire, from which all power com
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Bad-Eye Side With her glasses knock
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11.20
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He couldn’t be that stupid. “Do
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Abraham was what happened to her. L
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More Wrong Than Right It was Thanks
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“I’m not sure this is a proper
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12.06
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I recognized the bokor’s gravelly
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12.07
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“It’s not Amma!” I must have
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12.12
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“You have to promise.” Even wor
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An hour later, I had to admit Lena
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Hunting laughed. “Come over here
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12.13
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When Sarafine got home, John was in
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12.13
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Nothing I did mattered. I rested my
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12.13
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quotes, but I remembered that one f
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The Day After Forever Was that real
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The color had drained from Lena’s
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“Dark Casters are nothing like me
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Demon Door Abraham lifted The Book
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The hill was dark, and I tried to a
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Passing Strange Sixteen bodies were
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My Fractured Soul. He started walki
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In the end, the bagpipes were a gif
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12.20
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She stormed toward us, furious. But
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The Wrong One When I opened my eyes
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Plain English I knocked on the door
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“There are always consequences.
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The Last Game It was the last day.
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12.21
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I found Lena lying in the charred g
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12.21
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It was after midnight when Lena fin
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he was gone. “He can Travel?” T
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Finally I was standing on the top o
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Acknowledgments Three Moons and mor
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12.21: Broken Bottles 12.22: Finall
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