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Chapter 13:

Dex's POV

'''Dex joted uprigt, gasping for breath. Light entered his eyes, everything just a little blurry at first. Then it all came into focus, and the livingroom of the Vacker home was put into detail. Fancy overstuffed armchairs that used to make him roll his eyes created a peacefull setting, and soft light flowed through the sheer curtains, swaying gently.'''

It was morning...

Which meant that they had found the crystals yesterday...

'''The crystals. He checked his pockets. Nothing. A little pannicked, Dex leaped from the sofa he'd been sitting on and turned frantically, surveying the room.'''

Had the Neverseen taken them?

'''A sigh escaped his lips as Dex spotted the silver cylinder resting on the coffe table behind him. He snatched it from it's resing place and yanked the lid off, nearly crying for joy when he saw the crystals at the bottom.'''

'''"What are they?" A crisp, accented voice came from behind. Dex turned to see Fitz, leaning up against a wall.'''

"Leaping crystals."

'''Fitz nodded. "Thought so."'''

"Where's Biana and Lihn?"

'''Fitz raised an eyebrow. "Biana's in her room, unconscious. Earlier she was whispering that you "Saved Her"" Fitz did little quotation marks with his fingers. '''

'''"I don't remember any of that..." Dex said quetely. "Where's Lihn?" '''

'''"Why should Lihn be here?" '''

'''Dex shut his mouth. Right. Fitz wasn't supposed to know about their little adventure. '''

'''"Dex, what's going on?" Fitz demanded, stepping closer. "First I get called back to Everglen, being told that our property has been flooded, then my sister turns up sopping wet, muttering about Alvar and Nightfall and... and you. Something's up, ansdI need to know."'''

'''Dex gulped, clutching the cylinder just a little tighter. "Look, It's not a big deal. Lihn just had a hunch about something and we came to check it out."'''

"A hunch about what?"

"Uh... the troll hives."

"But why the everblaze did you flood my property?!"

"That was Lihn."

'''"I DON'T CARE WHO DID IT! WHAT'S GOING ON!!??" '''

'''Dex just stood, frozen in shock. Sure, Fitz was a problem right now, but he had bigger problems. For instance, where was Lihn?'''

'''"Okay, calm down." Dex said slowly. Fitz did nothing, his nostrils flaring and red spreading through his skin.'''

"Lihn was messaged from Tam. Tam told her to go to the hives. We went. We needed someone to let us in, so we told Biana about it. We went, we found this," He gestured to the cylider, "and then... the Neverseen showed up. Lihn fought them. I ended up here. That's all I remember."

'''Fitz's anger was replaced by a look of dread. "Was Alvar there?"'''

Dex said nothing.

'''Fitz, turned, breathing heavily and running his hands through his hair. Dex heard him mumble to himself. "First Sophie...  ...Alvar back...  Lihn missing... everything going wrong."'''

"Wait, what's wrong with Sophie?"

'''"Nothing." Fitz snapped. "We're fine."'''

'''A nock from the glass door to the backyard interrupted the silence. Dex and Fitz turned in unison to see Alden behind the door, holding a mass of blanket in his arms and looking worried.'''

'''Fitz rushed to the door, yanking it open and making way for his father, who enterd slowly and solemnly. He came into the living room and lay the pile of blankets on a sofa near Dex.'''

The pile smelt like mildew and mud, and when Dex leaned over he was shocket to find that it wasn't a pile of blankets at all.

'''It was lihn. '''

'''Alden crossed his arms. "You have a lot of explaining to do."'''