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Recap from Chapter 3:

"What does it say?" Dex asked, squinting at the letters on the ground.

Lihn shivered. "It says... do not forget the hive."

Chapter 5:

Lihn's POV

'''"The hive?" Dex asked, reaching down to touch the shadows. "Like the troll baby hive?"'''

'''Lihn wanted to answer, but her head was spinning. Tam was alive. He was communicating with her. Trying to tell her something? To warn her?'''

Maybe.

She stared at the words written in shadow, not breathing, not wanting to let go of this little ray of hope.

'''"Uh, hello?" Dex waved his hand in front of her face, and Lihn shook herself.'''

'''"It's Tam." she said breathlessly. Lihn looked back down at the shadow, but it had returned to it's origional form.'''

'''"Is it though?" Dex asked.'''

'''"It has to be." Lihn insisted. "Who else could have done it? Umber is..." she didn't finish.'''

'''"Well, yeah, but... It's a little suspicious." Dex pressed, earning a glare.'''

'''He put his hands up in surrender. "I'm just saying that we should be carefull. If he knows where we are and was able to message you, that means theres a good chance that the Neverseen are watching us."'''

'''Lihn's stomach dropped to her knees. He was probably right... '''

'''"We need to go to Everglen." she told him, starting to head towards the door. Dex stepped in front of her.'''

"Woah, woah, woah, wait a second. We should think this through."

"Why?"

'''Dex stuttered for a moment. "Because it could be a trap!"'''

'''Lihn gaped, searching for words. Every day since Tam had been taken was endless torture. She woke up alone in a room that they were supposed to share, getting up every morning, doing her chores and listening for the sounds of her brother's complaining, only to remeber that he was gone. She sometimes sat and listened and tried to imagine that he was here with her. She listened for hours. '''

And when she heard nothing, she cried.

'''Because when they'd thaken Tam, they'd taken part of her, too. She looked up at Dex, trying not to cry, which should have been easy, since she controlled water. The voices of Dex's siblings rang through the halls.'''

'"What if the Neverseen had taken your'' family? What would you do?" She asked him.'''

Dex was quiet for a moment, his mouth hanging open and his fingers going still, a rare phenomonon.

'''"I would do anything to get them back." He whispered.'''

'''"So help me." Lihn pleaded.'''

30 minutes later

                                                            Biana's POV

'''"Remind me again why I'm not allowed to tell anyone about this?" Biana's voice echoed through the cavernous cave, previously a troll nursury. It was dark, so dark that even with the bottles of illuminescent algae that dex had provided, seeing more thn four feet in front of her was a difficulty. The ground, walls and ceiling were coated in a lippery green goo, that Biana assumed had to do with the hatching, and her silver pumps were not holding up well. '''

Oh, and it smelled, too.

'''"Because," Dex started, " We don't know for sure if this will get us anywhere. We don't want to get ayones hopes up." '''

'''"You told me." Biana countered, examining some of the goo on the bottom of her shoe. '''

"How else were we supposed to get in here?"

'''Biana rolled her eyes. She'd looked through this cave countless times, finding nothing but goo and darkness. It wasn't that she didnt enjoy snooping around in a place that her Dad had forbade her to go, on their little secret mission. She was a big fan of that. '''

'''The problem was that it was pointless. Both the Black Swan and the Councill had investigated this place, yet they'd found nothing. '''

'''"What are we looking for anyway?" she asked. '''

'''It was Lihn who answered. "I don't know. Anything. I just know that Tam told me about this place for a reason." '''

'''Biana bit her lip. She understood that Lihn was desperate. Maybe she'd made the whole 'Words in the shadows' thing up without knowing it. There was no telling what lengths a desperate sister would go to for her siblings. '''

'''They didn't talk mutch after that. Biana wouldn't have minded except that the silence conveyed a kind of creepy solemness that made her nerves tingle.'''

This was a place of destruction.

The place that had ruined her family's honor.

'''Not that she cared anymore. She hadnt cared about stuff like that since Sophie became her friend. Sophie was the kind of person who made you realize that status and reputation didnt matter as long as you had friends wo accepted you as yourself.'''

'''Tam was like that, too. '''

'''Before he had been taken they'd grown closer. It was Tam who had convinced Biana to show the scars that Vespera had given her. '''

She wanted to help bring him back.

'''"GUYS!" Dex's voice echoed from across the cavern and Biana followed it.'''

'''"You found something?" that was Lihn.'''

'''"Come see!" '''

Biana rushed to where Dex was crouched on his knees, examining something on the ground.