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  2. TheEVERAFTER
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  89. Epilogue
  90. GLOSSARY
  91. TheEVERAFTER
  92. By Amanda Hocking

“I’m sorry that I don’t have better news for you,” he said. “But I wanted to warn you about the issues with aural healing before you got hurt.”

“I understand, and thank you,” I said.

“I don’t know how much help I can be so far away from you, but if there’s anything I can do, let me know.”

“Do you know anything about why the Älvolk wanted the sorgblomma?”

“I don’t know much about the plant,” he said. “We Vittra consider it to be sacred, and all scientific testing on it has been banned for fear of damaging it. So all I can really say is that the kingdom was not happy about surrendering it.”

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Hanna was in her room, lying on her bed reading Jem-Kruk and the Adlrivellir.

She’d been hiding in her room since supper, which was unlike her. When she needed space from her younger siblings, she would escape outside, playing in the woods that surrounded her house. But even then, she wasn’t ever gone for long. She got bored and lonely fast.

“How are you doing?” I asked as I poked my head in the doorway.

“I’m okay.” She dog-eared the page she was reading, and set her book aside.

I went into the room and sat on Emma’s bed, across from her. “Are you sure? You’ve seemed kinda down since the video chat.”

“I’m not down.” Hanna stared up at the ceiling and frowned. “I’ve just been reading the Jem-Kruk book because I was so sure that it would somehow help us find Eliana, and when you came back, I was certain you’d bring the key to all of it.”

She fell quiet for a moment, chewing her lip. “You know I was worried about you when you were gone.”

“I do know that, and I’m sorry. I never meant to worry you or anyone else.”

“Duh, Ulla.” She smiled weakly at me. “I’m not trying to make you feel bad or anything. I’m saying it was scary when you were gone. Mom and Dad tried telling us that everything was fine, but I could see how worried they were. And for Dad to look that upset, I knew things had to be bad.

“But I never gave up,” she went on. “I always knew you’d come home safe. But I also knew that you’d come back with answers, and we’d be able to get Eliana.”

I swallowed hard. “I wish I had more answers. And I haven’t given up on finding Eliana either.”

“How? Where are you looking?” Hanna’s voice grew more anxious as she spoke, and she sat up on her bed. “You can’t go back to where you came from, even if you remembered where it was. It’s way too dangerous.”