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“You’re awake,” he says, not looking down at me. “Good. We’re almost to the house.”

“I can’t believe you kidnapped me.” I snap, anger at my situation momentarily overriding any sense of caution I’d typically possess. Except I can’t escape the nagging feelingthat I’ve been in a situation like this before. Where I was saved from people out to hurt me, taken somewhere I didn’t recognize.

But that’s silly… isn’t it?

He snorts. “You took my hand willingly, remember?”

Yes, but that was before you used some trippy drug on me.

There’s no other explanation for the strange feelings that overwhelmed me before I somehow traveled here from the grocery store bathroom. Not a reasonable one, anyway.

Though, how he managed to drug me, I’m not sure. Maybe it was actually Evetta. Who knows?

The point is, something strange is going on here. And I want answers.

I narrow my eyes and glare at the guy. “Where are we?”

The muscle in his jaw tenses. He doesn’t answer.

That’s not reassuring.

He saved me from Evetta, but I have no guarantee he isn’t leading me into an equally dangerous situation. Though, that pesky instinct that says he won’t hurt me lingers, dulling the worst of my anger.

Still, I plant a hand against his torso, pushing with everything I’ve got. “Put me down.”

He doesn’t.

“Seriously?” I push harder, my whole body straining, but the distance between us barely increases an inch before my strength fades and I’m resting against him again. Every inch of me aches like I’ve been hit by a freight train.

“Your mind and body are disoriented from traveling through the rip,” he says, his voice low. I think it’s in an attempt to be reassuring. “Me carrying you is for your safety.”

What the hell is arip?

“I don’t care.” I shove against his chest again. “Put me down.”

He clenches his teeth. “Believe me, I don’t want to carry you. But it’s either this, or I wait for your body to settle, and we don’t have time for that. I need to speak with the others before Thane does something stupid in retaliation for your attack.”

My head whips up. “You know Thane?”

A gust of wind ruffles his hair. He still doesn’t glance at me as his pace remains steady. “Thane is my brother.”

“Your brother?” My brow furrows. “But I thought Lome was his brother.”

“People can have more than one brother.”

I bristle, unsure what to make of this guy. One moment, he’s helping me, and the next, he’s cold and dismissive.

His steady heartbeat pulses against my palm. I pull my hand away, folding my arms against my chest. “Who are you?” I demand.

“No one important.”

I don’t believe him.

Tearing my glare from the infuriating man, I scan my surroundings, hoping to spot something that will reveal where I am.

We cross an open field and begin to climb a gentle hill. Wild grass brushes his knees, and the long shadows of towering fir trees stretch out at the edge of a dense forest to my right.

Nope. I have no idea where I am or how I got here. And that’s one too many unknowns for me not to panic. My pulse spikes. Sweat beads on my forehead. I’m about to beg him to take me home when he speaks.