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can’t make me do things for him.” I glanced at Alex. “Is that true?”
    Alex shrugged. “I have no idea how the mark works.” I eyed Nicholas suspiciously. “How do we know you’re telling the truth? I mean, I’ve seen what you were going to do to me back on the shore.”
    A grin spread across his face “I bet you did. Tell me, did you just see it or actually live it?”
    Why did the one person who seemed to have the answers have to be a very obnoxious faerie/Foreseer that loved to twist things around and make everything difficult?
    I looked from Alex to Aislin. “What do you guys think we should do?”
    “I don’t know…do you think we can trust him?” Aislin asked Alex.
    He took a deep breath and ran his fingers through his hair. “I don’t know.”
    This was giving me a headache. I rubbed the sides of my temples, trying to make all the stress disappear. That’s when I caught sight of the scar on the palm of my hand. I held my hand out if front of me and stared at the scar that marked my and Alex’s Blood Promise to be together forever.
    “I think I have an idea,” I turned to Nicholas. “Would you be willing to promise that you wouldn’t do anything harmful to anyone?”
    Nicholas and Alex gave me a perplexed look. Then, realization spread across their faces.
    “No way,” Alex said and the same time Nicholas remarked, “clever girl.”
    “Why not?” I asked Alex. “It’s not like it’s a bad thing or anything.”
    “Blood Promises can go wrong, Gemma.” He frowned as he traced the scar on the palm of his hand. “The promise is unbreakable—you can’t take it back. And if you say the wrong thing, you can end up making a promise you didn’t intend to make.”
    “Is that what happened with us?” I asked, offended. “Did you say the wrong thing? Or is it that you just want to take it back?”
    “No.” He looked taken aback. “That’s not what I meant. I was just saying things could go wrong…you could say the wrong thing and end up getting stuck with him forever.” Nicholas grinned as if this were a compliment.
    I shook my head and let out a stressed sigh “Okay, we’ll have to be really careful then.”
    Alex leaned toward me and dropped his voice. “And even with the Blood Promise, if my father shows up, Nicholas more than likely will still have to do what he asks because I’m pretty sure the Mark of Malefiscus is more powerful than a Blood Promise.”
    “Then, I guess we will have to make sure your father doesn’t find us.” My voice trembled from Alex’s closeness.
    Focus , I told myself. “If he might have some answers on how I can save the world, then I think it’s worth the risk.” Alex still looked unconvinced, but I didn’t care. I already made up my mind. I was going to do this. “Okay, you and I will make a Blood Promise. I’ll promise you can stay here with us, and you’ll promise that you’ll answer all of my questions…truthfully. And, you won’t harm any of us. Got it?” He considered this. “I want one more thing.” I rolled my eyes. “What else do you want?” He nodded his head at Aislin. “I want Witch Girl over there to try and find a way to get this thing off my arm.” I shot Aislin a questioning glance. “Can you do that?” Aislin’s green eyes went wide. “I don’t know…I mean there might be a spell that could remove a mark, but I’ve never heard of it, or I might not be powerful enough to actually pull it off.”
    “You know other witches, don’t you,” Nicholas said in a rude tone. “Talk to them—see if they know how.” Aislin twisted her golden brown hair around her finger.
    “Maybe, I could see if someone knows a spell that would do it.”
    “That’s all I’m asking,” Nicholas said.
    “Alright, then.” Aislin let go of her hair. “I’ll see what I can do.”
    Nicholas’ gaze landed on me. “So are you ready to do this?”
    “Do you have a knife?” I asked Alex, holding my hand out.
    “Why?” he