Page 96 of Voyage of Fury and Fate

“She’s kind of a bitch,” I answer, matching her enthusiasm.

“Do we have any idea where she would take the boy?” Celeste moves toward a tall bookshelf.

“Anywhere,” I answer.

“He can find him.” Everly points at Thorne.

The look on Thorne’s face is a mixture of confusion and amusement. “I’m afraid I don’t know where to look any more than you do. I’m sorry, little one.”

“Yes, you do,” she persists. “It’s your ability.”

Thorne wrinkles his forehead. “You have an ability other than talking to Elsie in her mind. You can find people.”

He laughs. “If that were the case, I’d have found Elsie years ago.”

“But you found her?” she persists.

“Aye, but it took two hundred years.”

Everly refuses to back down. “If you lean into your ability, you can help us find Alexander, or I can borrow your power. But you have touse it first.”

“What do you mean borrow his power?” Celeste joins the conversation.

“It’s what I do. I can make people do things and borrow other people’s abilities.” Everly has gone from being the immortal child with no ability, to an ability that seems to have no limits.

“Show me,” Celeste says.

Everly stands, facing Amelia’s twin. She closes her eyes, and Celeste follows suit. “Do a cartwheel,” Everly whispers. Celeste moves to the center of the room and completes a perfect cartwheel. “Hop on one foot,” Everly continues, and Celeste follows directions.

“Why am I doing this?” Celeste asks between jumps.

“Because I told you to.”

“How is this possible?”

Everly shrugs. “It just happened.”

“That’s enough,” Fran interrupts the show. Everly stops on demand.

“How did you do that? I’m much older than you, yet I had no control over my actions.”

“I didn’t have any ability until the lighthouse.” She shrugs as she speaks.

“Do you have anability?” Celeste asks Autumn. The immortal child doesn’t answer. Instead, she raises her hand, lifting Celeste into the air a few feet before lowering her feet to the ground.

“Damn,” Celeste whispers.

“Thorne has the ability tofindpeople?” Topher repeats Everly’s statement from earlier.

Everly nods. “I can borrow his ability, and we can find Alex.”

“Where’s Alex?” a sleepy voice says from the top of the stairs.

“Brayden. What are you doing awake?” Fran rushes to his side. “Your parents are still sleeping.”

“I heard voices. Lots of voices.” Brayden looks at the amount of people in the living area. “What’s going on?”

“Nothing that concerns you,” Fran says, turning him around.

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