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Right before they would’ve splattered all over the courtyard, she

blasted the burning energy out of her brain, splitting the air with a

thunderous crack and dropping them into darkness.

“For the record, I’m not a fan of teleporting,” Tarina said, her voice

hoarse and shaky as they drifted through the nothingness of the void.

“Almost over,” Fitz promised.

Sophie closed her eyes, concentrating on the beachy images that

Silveny had sent her. But as the scene shifted into focus, she changed

her mind, switching to mental images of Havenfield.

Thunder clapped again, sending them tumbling into the familiar

pastures.

“What the—?” Grady shouted as Tarina yelled more colorful words.

“Is this where we’re supposed to be?” Fitz asked.

Sophie ignored them, stumbling to her feet and shouting, “Where’s

Edaline?”

“Right here,” Edaline called out behind her, racing over from

Verdi’s pasture. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know.” Sophie had to fight the sudden overwhelming urge

to collapse into Edaline’s arms and sob as she told her, “Silveny’s in

pain.”

“Is it the ba—” Edaline started to ask, but Sophie cut her off, not

wanting to give voice to that particular fear.

“I don’t know. We were teleporting to help her when I realized I

don’t have medicine or bandages or . . . I have no idea what I’m going

to need, but it didn’t seem like a good idea to go there empty-handed.”

“Give me one minute to gather what we need,” Edaline said, taking

off for the shed where they kept the supplies for all the animals.

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