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cast could leave, but not return. If no one remained inside or the symbols were destroyed, the spell broke.
    And no one outside could hear through, enter, or break through the surround. No being could—but fire, flood? The structure was not impervious to damage from natural sources, including gravity and the crushing pressure of the Atlantic.
    She wound the copper into a huge coil, slipped it over her neck. It had taken her five more minutes to prepare it than she’d anticipated.
    “Nani!”
    She didn’t wait for her grandmother to come fully awake before pulling on the older woman’s arm.
    “ Naatin , what—”
    “I cut myself,” Savi said quickly. “Help me in the bathroom?”
    The restroom was vacant, thank god. She’d have hated to walk past the nosferatu bleeding like this. She pushed her grandmother in ahead of her, turned, and locked the door. Her earring post barely made a scratch in the plastic, but it was enough. She finished it with a dab of blood over each symbol.
    Silence. The hum of the engines disappeared, though she could still feel the vibration beneath her feet.
    Her heart pounded. It must have been doing so for a while, but this was the first she’d noticed its rapid pace, or the clammy perspiration on her face. Gooseflesh raised the fine hairs on her arms.
    She took a deep breath to steady herself, to rebuild her mental blocks. Hugh had been teaching her to guard her mind since she’d returned from Caelum; she’d put the shields into place as soon as she’d recognized the nosferatu, but the toll of pain and stress might have weakened them.
    No psychic emissions could penetrate the spell; before she exited, she’d make sure her shields were solid.
    “Naatin?” Her grandmother’s query held an edge of fear.
    “Nani, there’s a nosferatu on board—those things that killed Ian and Javier, you remember?” She lifted the hem of her long linen skirt and dabbed at her upper lip, her brow. Her fingers left a stain on the pale green.
    It was going to be a bitch to run in.
    Nani’s mouth set in a thin line, and she shook her head. “Hugh destroyed them—”
    “No, not all of them. There were a few that weren’t part of Lucifer’s bargain, and there’s one here.” Savi turned on the tap, clenched her teeth as the water washed away the blood. The wounds still seeped, and she wrapped tissue around them. Added more around her palms. “You’re going to be safe in here—but you can’t leave, okay? I’ll be back in a minute or two.”
    “No, naatin . I forbid it.”
    She met Nani’s gaze in the mirror. The same dark eyes—the same features, but for Savi’s wild, spiky hair and slightly lighter skin. “There’s no one else.”
    “Yes, there’s no one else. You are the last, Savitri. I can’t lose you, too.”
    “You won’t,” Savi said, her voice thick. “I promise you won’t.”
    Nani’s braid fell over her shoulder with the force of her headshake. Savi tucked it back. “You’ll make me cry. You are too impetuous, too unsettled.”
    “I know.” She bent and kissed her grandmother’s forehead, then turned.
    “Savitri! Make a promise you can keep.” Nani gripped her forearm. “Promise you will let me find a husband for you, so that you marry this year. Let me know you are in a good position before I die. Make an old woman happy for once.”
    She hesitated only for a moment. “Will you stay here if I promise?”
    “Yes, naatin .”
    A short laugh escaped her, and she closed her eyes. “Alright, Nani. We’ll find a suitable boy.”

    Michael didn’t come.
    Despite everything, Savi had waited another two minutes, leaning back against the lavatory door and pasting a smile on her face as if nothing was wrong, as if her grandmother wasn’t locked inside a toilet and surrounded by magic made from symbols Lilith had learned from Lucifer.
    Savi had been rescued by a Guardian once before; perhaps that one time was all her karma allowed. Perhaps every bit of good had been