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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cyrus shrugged. “Yes, but that’s okay. Because when you did, a vision hit me at the same time. They’re being moved. Tomorrow night’s going to be our only chance to grab them.”

Fort’s eyes widened, and he forced a smiled. “Finally. Tell the others in the morning, and we’ll meet at lunch to go over the plan one more time.”

Cyrus nodded, then slipped back down into his bed below, leaving Fort to try to forget the image of the Old One. That had just been a dream. But now he was going to be able to take concrete steps to bring his father home.

I’m coming for you, Dad, he thought. Just please… be okay.

- TWO -

FORT HAD BEEN IN THE new school for a couple of weeks now, but for some reason he still couldn’t find the cafeteria without following the signs. At least that fit with the level of secrecy surrounding the entire school, since he didn’t even know where it was located. For all he knew, Fort could be in another country.

After the last school had been destroyed by one of the first students, Damian, while Damian was possessed by the same Old One from Fort’s dream, all the students had been transported off the army base first by helicopter, then by plane, and finally driven by bus to the new school, blindfolded until they’d arrived inside the underground hallways.

The soldiers on board claimed that was for their own safety, since if the kids didn’t know where the school was, they couldn’t reveal it to anyone with supernatural access to their minds. But Fort just figured the soldiers were used to being secretive, since the only person on the planet with mind magic was presently off with Damian, trying to locate more books of magic.

What Fort did know was that the new school was entirely underground, locked behind three-foot-thick round metal doors. The soldiers claimed those doors would keep them safe even if someone dropped a nuclear bomb within thirty miles. That was comforting, but made Fort wonder what would happen if someone dropped a bomb within twenty miles, or ten. Or, say, right on top of the school.

Not that nuclear bombs were his biggest concern. Given what had happened at the last school, the other students seemed far more dangerous than any missile.

As Fort made his way to the cafeteria, he realized that one reason it was hard to find his way around was that everything was painted an ugly green, something he’d previously only seen in his grandmother’s bathroom. But here, all the walls were painted the same nauseating color, making the whole facility feel like it’d been transported from the past to the present. Hopefully that wasn’t actually the case, but given that a UK school had a book of time magic, who knew?