Hi...

*Blushes and awkwardly looks away*

I know it has been WAY too long since I updated, and I'm not even going to try to give an excuse, but I'm finally writing, so that's good. Lodestar came out which is SOOO exciting, and I finally got it. No spoilers shall be shared here, but Shannon used my term! I've been sending her letters since the first book came out saying that she should use Keefoster instead of Foster-Keefe, and she DID IT!

End of rant.

Here is some story for you.

Dex and Biana pulled apart and looked at each other, before Biana stood up, awkwardly shoving Dex off in the process.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. I mean, maybe later, but right now we should be focusing on trying to find Sophie, not starting a relationship and... yeah."

Dex looked a little sad but also hopeful as he looked up at Biana, "You're right. Sorry, um.. I'm gonna get Iggy back in his cage and head home. And get Edaline's earrings. I should've made some for myself too. Or a ring. Anyway, love you!" He said as he ran off and they both died of embarrassment after realizing what he had just said.

Dex ran outside after putting Iggy back in his cage and found Edaline whispering to Della.

"Edaline, I know I said you could keep them, but I really need to borrow those earrings I gave you. I might be... I think I... I don't know, but there's something I need to try. Please" Dex begged.

"You do what you need to, but please, Dex, if you learn anything, tell me first. I just want to get Sophie back." Edaline was obviously trying to hide the fact that she had just been crying, and Dex gave her a hug, hoping it might somehow help.

Dex woke with up with a jolt to the sound of his window closing.

He hopped up from his desk, worried that someone had snuck into his room, maybe hoping to kidnap him too, but it was just his Dad, Kesler.

"I get that you're trying to help your friend, but you can't help her if you work yourself to death, Dex. Please, just sleep in your bed tonight, and finish this in the morning. You'll do much better with a fresh head."

"I can't! I don't know what-"

"One night won't kill you. Please, Dex"

Dex was about to argue, but the desperation in his dad's eyes made him give in.

He got up from his desk, wiped the drool of his chin and got in his bed. One night wouldn't kill him...

And when he woke up the next morning he had the breakthrough he needed.

He had to disassemble his imparter in the process, but once it was combined with the earrings, he was able to trace the signal to Paris.

Paris.

The place he had only bad memories about.

The place they needed to go. Today.

Sophie had finally managed to convince her captors to leave her not cuffed to the floor, and was making progress talking to the nicer elf, who Sophie could tell was a girl from her voice, though she was always shrouded in a cloak.

Sophie guessed it had been a little more than two weeks since she had been kidnapped, but she couldn't tell with the lack of sunlight and clocks.

She couldn't even read their minds, with the combination of the strange drugs, and the ability restrictor that they had managed to recreate.

When the girl came in to deliver more funny tasting vegetables, Sophie decided to ask the question she had been meaning to ask for a while now.

"Who are you?" She spoke up as the elf was about to leave.

"I'm not supposed to say." She replied.

"Who would know? Fine. Can you at least tell me what day it is? How long have I been here?"

"About two weeks, and..." The girl quickly pulled down her hood, revealing long, blonde hair, and turning around. It was only a second before she quickly pulled her hood up and rushed out of the cell.

It was long enough for Sophie to recognize the face, however.

It was Jolie.