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kicked free and crawled up and out.

Back to the light.

Not caring that her head was pounding and her hand was aching or

that something strong and heavy was holding her down.

Because two silver-flecked eyes were staring into hers, filled with

such horror and anguish it stole the air from her lungs.

“What happened?” Tam whispered, reaching a shaky hand up to

tug on his sweat-soaked bangs. Linh tightened her grip on his

shoulders, but it didn’t ease his trembling. “One second you were

there. And then you just . . . weren’t. And I didn’t know how to wake

you up.”

She swallowed hard, trying to find her voice. “I know. I’m sorry.”

“But what happened?” Tam repeated. “What did I do wrong?”

She shook her head, wincing from the headache. “It wasn’t you. I

had the same nightmare before.”

And that’s all it was, she told herself.

Just a nightmare.

Not even the scariest one she’d ever had.

But Magnate Leto said, “That was more than a nightmare.”

And she couldn’t bring herself to ask.

Edaline did it for her. “What was it?”

He turned, staring at the shimmering walls and trailing a hand over

his greasy hair. “I have no idea.”

Definitely not what Sophie wanted to hear.

The weight pinning her shoulders lifted, and Elwin stepped from

behind her, snapping his fingers and forming a strange sphere of light

around her whole body—thicker than the others, layered with rings of

every color.

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