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that Holly and Lyric were right. A messenger, someone to find Crusoe. Maybe even locate the Book, decipher the past, perceive possible futures, expose the Illeautians and all their secret members for the human haters they were.
    If Sadie could transform…. Lyric's hum grew in beats. Anticipation, like Holly’s. Why? Elijah waited. Crusoe's last words echoed through his mind once again. Elijah should have recognized the despair in his brother's soul. H e’d felt too betrayed and resentment had blinded him.
    “ There are stories,” Holly said, speaking each word with care. “But have you ever witnessed or known of a mortal who transcended realms?”
    “ What? A human?” Lyric snorted. “You’re not serious?”
    Elijah didn't turn around. ”She isn’t stable enough.”
    Lyric didn't seem to hear him. "You found a human messenger?"
    Did Lyric not know? Hadn’t Holly already told him as much and this was simply part of the trust game? The knot in Elijah’s guts tightened. Rather than face Lyric and Holly , his legs were rooted to the ledge.
    “ I believe I’ve found a mortal who can become an immortal, a messenger changeling,” Holly said.
    Sadie. Her bereft brown eyes, the longing in her every move. Her mind, pressing against reality, so close to the next realm , yet altogether too human. Wouldn’t he sense some otherness about her?
    “ We aren’t certain,” Holly said. “Elijah thinks I’m wrong.”
    “ A changeling. Huh.”
    "No." Elijah hardly heard his own voice. Speaking unstuck his limbs , though. He stood and faced them. Lyric, for once, looked deadpan. "Sadie is not an option."
    Holly's gaze pinned him. "I suppose we're out of options then. I guess we’re supposed to walk away, to let Crusoe die or worse, live in torture?"
    "She is not an option. I won't risk her life to satisfy our guilt."
    Lyric interrupted. "Who is she? Where is she?"
    Elijah shook his head. "It doesn't matter. We’ll find another way, I’ll think of something else.” He looked at Lyric "Holly thought together we could force her transformation. I tried to read her. I can’t. We can’t be sure she is strong enough.”
    “ If you’re very careful, and I help, could you read her?” Holly asked Lyric.
    “ It’s a bad idea,” Elijah said.
    Lyric frowned. "What made you consider forcing a transformation to begin with? How could we do it?" Amazingly, he neither smiled nor hummed with glee, and both gave Elijah pause.
    “ I think she exists between realms,” Holly rushed on.
    “ It’s not possible,” Lyric said. “There’s human and there’s us. The occasional half-breed thrown in like Orena, who is barely tolerated. Is she half-bred? No? Then aside from a quantum leap, from instantaneous evolution, it’s unheard of.”
    “ If you met her, Lyric, you wouldn’t think so,” Holly insisted. “I can’t explain it. She’s different.”
    “ She could die from it. Mortals aren’t built for that kind of shift.”
    “ No. I don’t think so.” Holly’s aura burned bright. “She’s already changing. She’s stronger than you think.”
    “ Some sort of mutation?” Lyric posed. “Why do you think she’ll be a messenger?”
    “ Because of what I get from her energy. I can’t explain it. I’ve never known a messenger so I’m guessing here, but if you got a good read….”
    “ It’s exploitative,” Elijah said, feeling foolish, childish for considering any of the myths as truth. “It’s making a decision that isn’t ours to make. Say what you want about rules but realm lines exist for a reason. Besides, we don’t know how to force it.”
    "Would we need to?" Lyric asked Holly.
    “ I don’t know yet.”
    "Exactly. We don’t know," Elijah said. “For a reason. Because it can’t happen.” Or shouldn’t.
    "You’re wrong. Between the three of us, we can manage it.” She chopped her palm with her hand, emphasizing each point. “Elijah, you can sense her frequency, you can help push the