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left now, he might not find
his room again. He shut the door and went back to the bed. Lying
down, he closed his eyes. He tried to picture Meara. Instead, he
saw a girl with pale, celery-green hair.

 
     

    I peeked into
Ula’s room. She was my closest friend here, and also my aunt and
confidant. I had so much to tell her. I felt bad about abandoning
her at the farewell celebration for Uncle Ren. I couldn’t tell her
about the plan for Kieran and I to rescue Evan—the more people that
knew, the greater the chance that my dad might have found out and
stopped us.
    At the moment, she seemed to be in a good
mood, listening to music and reading a dog-eared Nancy Drew book.
Then again, she hadn’t realized that I was there yet. I rapped
loudly on her door, and she pulled her earbuds out.
    “Want to get some fresh air?” I asked.
    Her green eyes narrowed in irritation. “Where
have you been? You bailed on me the other night.”
    “I’m sorry.” The apology was heartfelt. It
was a crappy thing to do. I was so mad at her the first time she
left me at an event, and here I did the same thing to her. To be
fair, it wasn’t as if we were hanging out. She spent the evening
with Uncle Ren and his family saying goodbye, so it wasn’t like she
was alone. I cleared my throat. “I have a good reason.”
    “I know.” Her expression softened. “Evan. Did
you find him?”
    “No. Ken kidnapped him. They were already
gone when we got there.”
    Ula frowned. “Isn’t he the guy who financed
Evan’s internship?”
    “Yes,” I said.
    “I don’t understand.”
    “I don’t either, but I’ll tell you what I
know.” I bit my lip, my thoughts still on my little cousin, Nico,
and my uncle and aunt. “Uncle Ren…they made it home okay? Do we
know?”
    “They’re fine,” Ula said. She didn’t seem
worried at all.
    “How can you be sure?” I persisted. It wasn’t
as though Selkies had phones or even email.
    “You know my parents’ necklaces and how they
work?” she asked. I nodded. “Ren has a similar communication with
David. A silver chain they wear on their wrists. Have you seen
it?”
    “Yeah, I guess.” I vaguely remembered seeing
a flash of silver at my dad’s wrist. It almost looked like a
watchband.
    “All of us have one. They were gifts from our
parents, although Brigid, Paddy, and I don’t wear ours since we
live here. David keeps his on to communicate with Ren, and our
other brothers, Murdo and William.”
    Murdo. William. I repeated the names silently
to myself. It was the first time I heard of them. Two more uncles I
hadn’t even met yet. I forgot that my dad once told me there were
seven children in his family. It was difficult to believe I went
from my mom being my only family to this large Selkie family. What
would Mom have thought? I guessed she would’ve liked them. I
blinked my eyes and forced myself to focus on something else.
Thinking about Mom always made me cry. My uncles…where did they
live? Did they rule clans like my dad? Did they have wives or kids?
I could ask Ula, but that would sidetrack us into a long
conversation about family. There would be time to talk about that
later. Right now, I needed to update her on what we learned at
Ken’s house. I took Ula’s book and marked her spot. After setting
it on the shelf, I offered my hand to pull her up. “C’mon, it’s
gorgeous outside. Let’s go for a walk.”
    “Okay.” She smiled and grasped my hand. The
next thing I knew, we were standing on the shoreline and Ula was
beaming at me.
    “You’re really getting good at transporting,”
I said. While she grinned, something nagged at the back of my mind.
“Ula, why is our family the only one in our clan with powers?”
    “I don’t know. It’s always been that way.”
She gave me a curious look. “Why?”
    “You’ve been practicing transporting, and
your abilities have grown stronger.” I paced, thinking about what I
wanted to say next. “Why couldn’t we try to teach the