I raced over to the animals, and they parted like the Red Sea, revealing a sound asleep Chutney lying in the grass. She was curled on her side in a pale-yellow dress with ruffles. As soon as Savannah and I got up to her, the animals closed back in around us. They were all watching her, but their eyes were pleading. Begging. Desperate.

“Savannah . . .” I cleared my throat.

“They’re scared,” she whispered.

I scrubbed my face with my hands. “Think, Cooper. Think.”

“Is this Tampa?” When I nodded, Savannah grimaced. “Didn’t we evacuate this whole town? Like no arcana here at all?”

I nodded. “Yeah, for their own safety—oh my God. The wild animals. Chutney protected them. The arcana here looked out for them. Shit. How did we not think of that?”

She shrugged. “Tegan barely lived here, if I recall, so she might not have known about them. And Tenn is stressed⁠—”

“Saffie.” I snapped my fingers as an idea popped into my mind. I held my hand up in the air and pushed, praying she was not in Seelie and was within my reach. “Saffie, I need you.”

Fireflies sparkled around my fingers.

“Cooper—SAVANNAH!”

Saffie giggled and pounced on her, wrapping her arms around her. “I missed you, ma’am.”

“Safferella, I missed you too.” Savannah narrowed her eyes. “You’ve been away from us too long, miss ma’am. What happened to visiting?”

All happiness and humor vanished from Saffie’s face. “Father and I are . . . searching. Preparing. Do not ask more of me on that yet. ‘Tis not safe to speak on even in dream.”

I cursed. “Sorry, Saffie⁠—”

“Never apologize. You said you needed me so get me. But please hurry and tell me, because Riah is only going to handle me dropping into a dead sleep mid-flight so well.” At that, she giggled. “We were flying high too, then I heard Coop and went limp. He’s definitely panicking a little despite knowing full-well what happened.”

Savannah snort-laughed.

“Saffie, look.” I stepped back and gestured around us to all the animals watching Saffie with hopeful eyes. “I’m dreamwalking to check on everyone. I got pulled into Chutney’s. She’s asleep even here, but I think she’s calling me for them. Tampa was evacuated⁠—”

“OH NO!” Saffie’s eyes filled with sadness and horror. “OH NO. They were left! Oh no! No, no, no—I go! I go now!”

“Saffie—”

“No, no, no. You go. You two go.” She hissed and swatted at me and Savannah. “Wake me up. Riah and I will go to them right now. Promise. Wake me up, Cooper⁠—”

“Thanks, Saffie.” I snapped my fingers and she was gone.

For a moment, Savannah and I just stood there with the animals like we were both unwilling to leave them even in this plane.