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He reached across the table and grasped my hands, enfolding them within his own. “I sure hope so.”

“Do you think he’s okay?”

He looked worried. “Of course.”

“You’re a bad liar.” I attempted a smile, but quickly looked down. There was the pizza. I wasn’t so hungry anymore.

“You know why all this is happening, right?”

“Not really,” I said, starting to cry now in earnest.

“The Nri are hunting us down because my father is dead. And they’re not the only ones—don’t kid yourself. The one who retrieves the Bloodstone will become the next Seer.” He stopped, allowing this new information to sink in.

“So … where is it?” I thought back to the day on the cliff.

“What, the Bloodstone?”

“Yeah.”

“That is a really good question.”

I narrowed my eyes at him. “What does that mean?”

“I’m not going to talk about it any further.”

My jaw hit the floor in shock. Before I could shout abuses at him, he spoke again.

“At least not until you’ve had a chance to talk with Kim.”

“Kim? What’s she got to do with this?”

“You’d better ask her.” He resumed eating. It was grotesque to me; I wanted to barf.
Oh, no.
Was my sickness coming back? And what did
that
mean?

“But,” I began, “why would Kim have anything to do with…” As my voice did its decrescendo into nothingness, the light came on.
Oh, no.

I watched as Michael rubbed his chest, grimacing like it hurt.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Aaron Patterson:

Aaron is the author of over ten bestselling novels. He was homeschooled and grew up in the West. Aaron loved to read as a small child and would often be found behind a book, reading one to three a day on average. This love drove him to want to write, but he never thought he had the talent. He wrote
Sweet Dreams
, his first book, in 2008. He lives in Boise, Idaho, with his family, Soleil, Kale, and Klayton. His daughter had an imaginary friend named
She
.

Chris White:

You know what they say—that behind every great man is an unstoppable rebel force—and it’s true. Like Moriarty was to Holmes, C.P. White is the reversed polarity doppelganger behind it all. Author C.P. White blogs about weirdness on the C.P. White Media Blog and spins dark tales—psychological thrillers that you’ll want to read with the lights on. Author Chris White works in the front office writing romantic YA paranormal fiction with Aaron Patterson, collaborates with illustrator Joey Zavaleta on the
Great Jammy Adventure
children’s books, and even plays sometime-editor to his award-winning author friends. Both personalities will fight to the death for a bowl of high-quality mac-n-cheese. C.P. doesn’t mind living with spiders, but only because his house is old and they were there first. Chris prefers riding bikes and playing nice; C.P. dislikes boring people on general principle and is apt to launch bottle rockets through open windows. Both agree that their least favorite thing is dog exhaust on the bottom of their shoe. You can learn more about author Chris White, as well as author C.P. White, at http://www.cpwhitemedia.com.

Look for the next book in the
Airel
saga:

Michael

The Mark

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StoneHouse Ink 2013

StoneHouse Ink

Boise, ID 83713

http://www.stonehouseink.net

First eBook Edition: 2011

First Paperback Edition 2011

Second eBook Edition: 2013

Second Paperback Edition: 2013

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to a real person, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Airel: a novel by Aaron Patterson & Chris White

Cover design by © Claudia McKinney -
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Published in the United States of America