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control in the fairy world.”
    “ What are we going to do?”
Katy asked.
    “ We have a way to fight
them and get our friends back,” Fin said.
    “ They have my dad,”
Tanesha said.
    “ We’ve got that covered.”
Colin nodded.
    “ How?” Tanesha
asked.
    “ You’ll see,” Alex
Hargreaves said as she walked over to them. “Are you
ready?”
    “ Katy and Paddie are
ready,” Colin said.
    “ Abi?” Alex
said.
    Abi waved her hands and Tanesha shrank to
fairy corps size. In the blink of an eye, Fin was wearing full body
armor.
    “ We’re ready,” Fin
said.
    “ Let’s go,” Alex
said.
    ~~~~~~~~
     
    “ Hang on!” Perses
yelled.
    The boat rocked and liquid amber sprayed
into the air.
    “ Don’t let it get into
your eyes!” Hera yelled.
    “ If it isn’t Jillian
Roper.” Jill heard a slimy man’s voice inside her head. She sprang
to her feet and looked around. “Killer. Adulterer.”
    “ Jill?” Sandy grabbed onto
Jill to keep her from falling overboard.
    “ Hedone, the lesser child
of an inferior wife,” a woman’s voice whispered inside Heather’s
head. “Killed another man. did you?”
    Heather’s eyes filled with the image of
Blane in his hospital bed. The nurse was just pulling the covers
over his head. She closed her eyes to block out the image.
    “ And Slutty Sandra,” a
voice started in Sandy’s head. “Exactly how many men have you had
sex with? Whore. Imagine all those
men . . .”
    Sandy jumped to her feet.
    “ Close your ears!” Sandy
said. She grabbed Jill. She looked up at Sandy with drugged eyes.
Sandy shook Jill.
    “ What’s happening?” Perses
asked.
    “ They are staining us with
despair,” Sandy said.
    The serpent dove into the water next to the
boat. The boat rocked back and forth. Perses grabbed Jill to keep
her from falling overboard. Sandy grabbed Heather and shook her.
When Heather didn’t respond, Sandy slapped her across the face.
    “ Don’t you dare,” Sandy
said. She grabbed Heather’s hand and put it on her pregnant belly.
“For him.”
    Heather woke with a gasp. Weak from the
effort, she weaved back and forth. The voice continued.
    “ Jacob left you,
murderer,” the voice in Jill’s head said. She gasped. “He hates you. He hates you.”
    “ You have to fight it!”
Sandy yelled to her friends.
    The serpent’s tail came around the bow of
the boat. Perses slashed at it with his sword, but the tail knocked
Jill to the side.
    “ They’re coming after you
because you can kill them!” Hera yelled. “Hedone!”
    “ You are the master of
evil,” the voice inside Heather’s head said. “How many children
have grown up alone because of you? How many hearts have you
broken? Throw yourself over!”
    Heather leaned over the boat. Sandy grabbed
her arms to keep her in the boat. The boat rocked almost onto its
side. And the voice continued.
    “ Jump over board!” the
voice said. “Go on. No one will miss you. Do it.”
    For a moment, Sandy’s mind was lost. She
shook herself head to toe.
    “ I know you voice!” Sandy
said. “You will not get another moment of my time!”
    The serpent hit the side of the boat.
Heather began to fall toward the sea.
    “ Hedone!” Hera
yelled.
    She snatched at Heather but only caught her
tunic. Sandy grabbed onto the fabric. Heather hung a foot above the
Sea of Amber. Jill shook off her father and went to the side.
    “ No one loves you, Jillian
Roper! Jump in! No one will ever love you. You are
hopeless.”
    Jill moved to throw herself overboard.
Heather slipped toward the sea, taking Sandy with her.
    “ Ting !” a clear ping came from somewhere.
    Jill stopped moving and looked toward the
sound.
    “ Slut! Whore! Jacob
couldn’t stand to look at your ugly face!” Jill heard and was lost
again. Perses grabbed her arm to keep her from jumping
over.
    “ Ting !” The sound was louder and closer than before. Jill and
Heather stopped moving.
    “ What is it?” Sandy
asked.
    “ It’s the Sword of