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None of this made any sense. Toby frowned. Breathing heavily, he glanced at Violet. She was breathless but OK.
‘But… you’re in a Void Bottle?’ he managed to say.
‘No,’ Clara answered. ‘That’s just what Krampus wanted you to think. He believes he drowned me under a lake but he didn’t. I escaped and I’ve been following him and Trapp ever since… waiting for an opportunity.’
‘But if he thinks he killed you, why would he lie…?’
‘I don’t know but we’ve got to move. Without help, we’re not going to survive this. I couldn’t get Nicko and Stella out in time, and Zak is trapped in a Void Bottle. But I have a plan. I know what can get them back.’
Toby’s mind raced. As much as he didn’t know what to believe anymore with all the changelings running around, he couldn’t argue with her logic. If
