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  2. TheEVERAFTER
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  92. By Amanda Hocking

“So he could still be Kanin? Or human?” Ridley asked, and Bryn didn’t make an audible response. “Then maybe it’s better you don’t know. Right now everyone believes you are Skojare and Kanin—and you really might be. You’ve worked so hard to be accepted as you are. Why change that perception?”

“Because it’s not the truth. I won’t live a lie, even a beneficial one.”

“But I don’t know why it has to have any bearing on you,” he persisted. “Iver still raised you. You still grew up completely enmeshed in the Doldastam culture. Hell, you led the rebellion that saved the damn kingdom. You are Kanin, no matter what your blood says.”

Her voice was thick when she said, “It’s not about that.”

“Then what is it?” Ridley asked.

“Our abilities are passed through our blood,” she reminded him gently. “You can change the color of your skin because your father could, and I’m drawn to the water because of my mother. Indu has been going around impregnating as many women as he can because he thought it was important to pass something along. If he is my father, I need to know what’s in the blood he gave me.”

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By the Sea

Over breakfast, Bryn told me her plan, which she’d apparently been working on throughout the night instead of sleeping. She’d gotten time off from work, arranged for fake passports from the Kanin rectory, and bought plane tickets for the two of us.

I protested about the expense, because it was a lot more than a train, and I couldn’t afford to pay her back right now. She just shook her head and told me she did it for herself.

“We can get the train in two days and waste the next four to five days traveling, or we can fly out of Churchill in a few hours, and with a couple stops, we can be in Merellä by the morning,” she explained.

After we finished eating, I got dressed and packed up my stuff. Ridley had been around during breakfast, sipping tea and not saying much, but things didn’t seem tense exactly. When I came out of the office, they were kissing and talking softly to each other.

He helped carry our bags down to the vehicle, and drove us to the airport. He and Bryn held hands. Watching the two of them together like that made me miss Pan, and a rush of excitement washed over me.

It didn’t really hit me until just then. Within twenty-four hours, I’d be back in Merellä, back within arm’s reach of Pan. I still had no idea what the future might hold for us, or where my feet were going to land. But I knew that I really liked Pan, and I couldn’t wait to see him again.