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try.”
    Olivia doesn’t seem terribly confident in her
skills, but she tries to put on a positive expression for Sloane. It falters a
moment later when a commotion at the back of the crowd spins us all around to
find Robin being dragged into the circle. Still bound with cords of air, she
flails awkwardly against her captors. I can’t tell if she’s more furious or
frightened. Either way, she’s clearly not going to come with us willingly.
Cedrick picks up on that as well.
    “You’re going to need a few tricks to keep
her in line,” he says as he steps forward. In a quick demonstration, he shows
me how to make the cords of air that are binding Robin. I repeat the process
easily and look to him for more instruction.
    “If you can’t keep her bound all the time,
such as when you need her to walk on her own, you can use a tether instead.” He
then shows me how to take the cord of air and wrap one end around Robin’s neck while
keeping hold of the other end. “It’s just like a dog collar. If she struggles,
it will only cause her pain.”
    I nod in understanding.
    “The last thing…” Cedrick says as he
stalks right up to Robin. Her battle between fury and fear wins out in the face
of his menacing glare and she stops struggling. “…is for when you’re having
trouble controlling her and need something to quickly incapacitate her.”
    Olivia and I watch in fascination as he
places one hand in front of Robin’s mouth. She is trembling, clearly terrified,
but Cedrick doesn’t stop. I watch in amazement as he gathers his control of the
air, and in a flash, sucks every last bit of air from Robin’s body. She
collapses into a dead faint a moment later. No one moves to help her. Cedrick
releases the air soon after, but Robin doesn’t recover right away.
    “It’s a handy trick,” Cedrick says, “but
be careful with it.”
    Nodding again, I suddenly wish he was the
one who offered to come with us. I know he can’t, though. If Olivia and I fail,
or don’t reach the Mother in time, the Aerlings will need him here to defend
their world.
    As Robin regains consciousness, one of the
guards yanks her up from the ground and practically throws her at us. I catch
her, but with air, not my hands. I have no desire to touch her. She slumps
against the wall of air, barely able to move in her bonds. I’m half tempted to
bring down the wall and let her fall, but instead, I cinch a leash of air
around her neck, tightening it enough that she knows it’s there. Her hateful
glare has no effect on me.
    Then, everyone looks to Olivia. She pales
under their attention, but I have faith in her. My hand slips into hers, and
then calmly takes Sloane’s as well, knowing it helps Olivia to have physical
contact. Robin is connected to me through the leash, so she should be dragged
along behind us as well. She should be used to it since that’s how she got here
in the first place.
    Olivia breathes in slowly, but doesn’t
immediately take Sloane’s free hand. Instead, she closes her eyes. Her power
feels much different than an Aerling’s power, but I can feel it rise in her all
the same. I don’t know if anyone else can, since they all seem to be waiting
for something to happen, but it swells around her like an aura of sunshine. I’m
not sure what she’s doing when she brings her palm up in front of her face, but
she concentrates and blows on her hand.
    I’m not the only one who’s startled when
the imprint of my Aerling sign that was burned into her hand, begins to glow
silver. She opens her eyes and stares at it for a moment before smiling at what
she’s accomplished. “Hang on,” she says before reaching down and taking Sloane’s
hand.
     

 
    Chapter 5
    A Promise or A Threat
    (Mason)
     
     
     
    Everyone gasps for breath as soon as we
reach Earth again. Hands on my knees, I suck in as much air as I can get.
Traveling between worlds is not comfortable in the least. Once I feel like my
lungs aren’t going to burst, I look