16 Nadine Finally, a week after we found Ronen, I found Lua. Her symbol had stayed in the same spot for over an hour. Ceris wanted to wait and see if she stayed there, while Sol, eager to find his soulmate, wanted to go right away in case she decided to move again. In the end, we waited another hour, then geared up and went to get Lua. Ceris, Victor, Micah, Maho, Ronen, Sol, Alice, Keisha, and I popped into a dark desert. There were sand and sand dunes everywhere we looked. “What an odd place to be,” I said under my breath. Micah glanced at me. “Before the darkness took over, this place was ideal to look up at the sky and admire the moon and the stars.” I stared at him. I hadn’t expected anyone to answer, much less him. Why did he keep surprising me? And the things he said? It was a

