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eye, wondering if I should divulge this bit of information to Nicholas. Alex’s expression was serious, which meant he didn’t want me to say anything.
    “There’s no use trying to keep it from me,” Nicholas said.
    “Because I’m sure you’re going to want to know how to use it, and that means you and I are going to have to go inside it.”
    Well, okay then. I tore my gaze off Alex. “It’s my father’s.” Nicholas gaped at me. “I thought you told me you didn’t know who your father is.”
    “I just recently discovered his identity,” I explained, purposely being vague.
    “What!” Aislin cried out, scaring the crap out of everyone, including me—I think we all had forgot she was there. “Why didn’t anyone tell me….any of this?”
    I shook my head at Alex. “Didn’t you explain this to her while I was sleeping.”
    “You were already all wound up about Laylen,” Alex explained to Aislin. “So I thought I would spare you the burden.”
    Tears dripped from her eyes. “You could have told me.” As much as I hated when people kept things from other people, I think Alex might have been on the right track with this one.
    “So,” I turned my attention back to Nicholas, figuring it was best to move on, “about the mapping ball. How do we get inside it?”
    “How did you manage to find out who your father was?” Nicholas asked, ignoring my question. “And how did you get a hold of his mapping ball?”
    “My mom gave it to me.” I lied.
    He leaned back in the sofa and rested his arms behind his head. “You managed to save her then?” I was kind of surprised he didn’t know this already, since we created such an uproar during our escaped from The Underworld. “Yeah and without your help I might add.”
    “Well, I wouldn’t say that.” He grinned at me. “Seeing is how you got the Ira from me.”
    “After you kidnapped me and chained me to the wall,” I snapped.
    “So what’s the purpose of the mapping ball,” Alex interrupted, picking up the mapping ball and examining it over.
    Nicholas rolled his eyes. “I already told you it’s to keep track of the things someone has done in their lifetime.” He nodded at the mapping ball. “If that is your dads, then when we go inside it, we should be able to follow a map of his life.”
    Alex’s forehead creased over. “Why would your dad give this to you?” he asked me.
    “I thought you said your mom gave it to you.” Nicholas leaned forward, a look of intrigue rising on his face.
    I shot Alex a way-to-go look; it was not like Alex to be so careless. “My dad said it would tell me how to save the world from Stephan and his deathly minions.” I paused, the wheels in my head turning. “If it holds a map of his life, then maybe I can see what vision he erased and recreated to make it so Stephan could end the world.” I looked at Nicholas, curious to see how he reacted to what I said.
    He clapped his hands. “Bravo on figuring that one out.”
    “You knew that already?” I asked, getting pissed off.
    He shrugged. “I know a lot of things I don’t choose to share.”
    “But you didn’t say anything and you have to—you made a Blood Promise.” I shot Alex a worried look, wondering what happened, but he looked just as lost as me.
    “They’re called loopholes, Gemma,” Nicholas informed me with a pleased grin. “You have to ask me the question in order for me to tell you what I know.”
    There are always loopholes—my mother told me this once. “Okay, so do you know how to fix all of this then?” I asked. “Do you know what I need to do?”
    Nicholas smile was all trickery. “I do. Would you like me tell you?”
    Freaking Faeries. “Yes. I am asking you to please share everything that you know about mapping balls and Stephan’s evil plan.”
    Aislin’s cell phone rang from inside the pocket of her khaki shorts. She took it out and glanced down at the screen. “Whose number is that?” She got to her feet.
    “hello,”