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Chapters (53)
  1. Front Cover
  2. Letter from the Author
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. • One •
  7. • Two •
  8. • Three •
  9. • Four •
  10. • Five •
  11. • Six •
  12. • Seven •
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  14. • Nine •
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  16. • Eleven •
  17. • Twelve •
  18. • Thirteen •
  19. • Fourteen •
  20. • Fifteen •
  21. • Sixteen •
  22. • Seventeen •
  23. • Eighteen •
  24. • Nineteen •
  25. • Twenty •
  26. • Twenty-One •
  27. • Twenty-Two •
  28. • Twenty-Three •
  29. • Twenty-Four •
  30. • Twenty-Five •
  31. • Twenty-Six •
  32. • Twenty-Seven •
  33. • Twenty-Eight •
  34. • Twenty-Nine •
  35. • Thirty •
  36. • Thirty-One •
  37. • Thirty-Two •
  38. • Thirty-Three •
  39. • Thirty-Four •
  40. • Thirty-Five •
  41. • Thirty-Six •
  42. • Thirty-Seven •
  43. • Thirty-Eight •
  44. • ∞ •
  45. • Thirty-Nine •
  46. • Forty •
  47. Epilogue
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. Excerpt from Be Dazzled
  50. One
  51. Two
  52. About the Author
  53. Back Cover

“Seems like it,” said Adeline. “But we can’t dwell on the past. That Kane is gone. We need to move forward with whoever he is now, and he’s got no idea about any of this. We’ve got to recruit him like he recruited each of us to the Others. Gently. Or else he might break apart all over again.”

“We may not have time for gentle, Adeline,” said Elliot. “The visions of the next reverie are getting more frequent. If you’re sensing what I’m sensing, the reverie might even form today. We have to be there when it happens so you can do your thing to the reverie’s hero.”

Ursula sounded panicky. “Is that going to work, Adeline? Is it safe?”

Adeline sounded far away. “I guess we’ll see.”

Elliot just kept going. “Based on the visions, we’ve narrowed possible heroes down to someone on the senior football team or JV soccer team. Both have practice today, so we should spread out. And someone is going to have to stay on the outside to prevent Kane from getting in and to protect him in case there is something worse hunting him.”

“Who?”

“You.”

“Me?” Ursula’s voice jumped an octave.

“Yes, you,” said Elliot. “I can set up an illusion around the reverie to prevent most people from entering, but we need you on the outside to stop Kane.”

“Why me?”

“Because you’re the one who led Kane back to us, Urs. He’s your fault. Plus he trusts you. It should be easy to keep tabs on him for the rest of the day, right? Just text us if he does anything else weird. Oh, and Adeline, can you get to him in the meantime and erase his memory of the photo?”

“I have Latin homework.”

“Adeline.”

“Fine. Urs, I’ll come with you to meet him before lunch. Make sure he doesn’t get away.”

“Good. We’ve got a good plan, then?” Elliot asked.

The girls grumbled in agreement, and the meeting ended. Kane ducked low as the Others left the boiler room, his hands over his mouth. The Others. He was sure he had never heard that name before, yet it was more than familiar. It felt like his own, like something he had once worn with pride.

He sank farther into the corner, hands holding back small, hiccupping sobs as tears pushed down his cheeks. He could run from the Others, but he couldn’t run from himself. His body was betraying him. His life was betraying him. Now, more than ever, he wished he could withdraw, but with his own mind compromised, there was nowhere left to run.

• Seven •

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