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The winding Georgia mountain roads stretched for miles. When Sharkey advised they were close, Austin thought he meant it. After sliding back and forth across the seat for what seemed like forever, he wondered if “close” meant something different where Sharkey came from.
As the day wore on, Austin’s head pounded. He hadn’t slept since he’d arrived in Atlantis yesterday.
Was it only yesterday?
His last true sleep had been on Tarton’s Junction the night before he left. Skylar had come to say goodbye to him. She seemed sad. He couldn’t believe after all the time they’d spent at the Tizona School they were now on their own. She would soon finish her training, and he wouldn’t be there to see it happen. He needed to get a message to her and Bear, let them know he was all right. Of course,
