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through the plank-ing at the clear deep bluegreen water, watching shoals of snappers feeding around the piles. The remaining Conclave members were in agreement that the pass was where Xanthus hadprobably entered Eutracia. “She seems to like this place,” he said. “I don’tunderstand,” he said.

Just then a terrible scream rang out across the clearing. But because they were locked inside thisgruesome prison, the Redoubt might as well be a thousand leagues away. A dense fog surrounded him, itsdepths so all-encompassing that it appeared limitless. All three are Conclave members.