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suggest we finish what we came to do and return to Cai Terenmare. If Tierney knows you are here…” he warned.
    He didn’t have to finish the sentence. If Tierney had found out the Solas Beir had left Cai Terenmare, it was only a matter of time before they would all be dead.
    “Let’s get out of the open and inside the house,” Abby urged, grabbing David’s hand and tugging him toward her front door.
    Once inside, Abby and Jon introduced David and Cael.
    “So this is the mysterious David Corbin,” Abby’s mother mused, shooting her a not-so-subtle wink.
    Abby didn’t mind, but there would be time to update her mom on her love life later. She tried to quickly tell her story about all that had happened since their disappearance, in as believable a manner as possible.
    Abby experienced a feeling of déjà vu, remembering when she had told David a similar tale of everything she had learned from Eulalia: the existence of Cai Terenmare, the magical, silver nautilus necklace known as the Sign of the Throne, and the fact that David was Eulalia’s son and the next Solas Beir. With David, she had been terrified that he wouldn’t believe her and she would lose him for good.
    She was less worried about being believed now, especially since she had Jon, David, and Cael to corroborate her tale. Abby watched her parents’ initial expressions of shock soften as they listened. Abby’s mother seemed to be hardest to convince, but even her doubting questions tapered off as Jon and David nodded emphatically, their faces sincere. Bethany Brown knew her daughter wasn’t given to lying. Abby wasn’t sure how much of the story her parents believed, but they seemed to be taking her concern for their safety seriously when they heard what had happened at the Buchans’ house. It would have helped if they could have seen what Calder did to Jon’s car, but the old Mustang had already disappeared. Whatever spell had been cast seemed to be working; as they had traveled to the Browns’ house, no one in Newcastle Beach seemed to notice the four people walking down the street, armed with swords.
    “So now we’re here,” Abby finished, and looked at her family and Blanca Reyes expectantly.
    Jon was sitting with his arm around his mother, who seemed reluctant to let him out of her sight. Based on the steely look of determination in her eyes, Abby was certain she would be making the journey to Cai Terenmare.
    Bethany Brown exchanged a look with her husband and he nodded. Bethany took his hand, slipped her other arm around Abby’s younger brother, and then turned back to Abby. “What do we need to pack?”
    Abby breathed a sigh of relief. “Don’t worry about taking clothes or food,” she stressed. “There are plenty of supplies where we’re going.”
    “So much for hoarding toilet paper,” Jon said under his breath.
    Abby shot him a warning look. Not the time to be messing with me, dude, she thought. He mouthed Sorry , and she continued. “I don’t know when we’ll be back, but only take the few mementos you can’t live without. We have to hurry. The Kruorumbrae will be here soon.”
     
     
     
    Michal was getting a little freaked out. It seemed much darker than it should have been in the trees, like the moonlight was somehow unable to penetrate the canopy. She kept hearing little scurrying sounds—as if the spider web hadn’t been creepy enough. There had better not be rats in here , she thought.
    Obviously Joe was toying with her now, but the joke was on him, because this little game of hide-and-seek was not going to win her affection. He was this close to blowing his chance with her, never mind how cute he might be. This was not worth it. She was annoyed, but she was also starting to feel a little scared, and she wasn’t even sure why. If Joe came out right now, she might still forgive him. She heard the snap of a twig behind her and twisted in the direction of the sound. “Joe?”
    Nothing. No response, no one there,