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My heart quickened as we passed over the steep walls of the Index. “Sage and Bee! They’re still in there!”
“I think we gave them enough time to look over all the archives,” he countered as he flew over into the streets and hid us among the tall houses. “But we’ll find out at Naso’s house.”
“But they don’t have any way to get out of there!” I protested.
Caius smiled at me. “You really think your grandparents aren’t smart enough to slip out of there? Even with Naso as a dead weight?”
I calmed a bit at his words, but bit my lower lip. “But all those Blue Binds-”
“Were very distracted with us, and I don’t think they were going anywhere with all that marmortum rumble on top of them,” he reminded me.
A flare shot up from the city and exploded into dozens of dazzling sparkling colo
