Chapter 2The Desert
Fenn
Keren and Will were both safe. That was Fenn’s first thought once the nausea from crossing the shimmer dissipated. Keren was dazed, probably more from the drugs than anything else; but Will seemed to be fine now he’d finished vomiting. Fenn sent a brief thanks to the Graces that they were all together—Will had held tight to both of them as they’d pulled Fenn and Keren into the shimmer, unlike when they’d left London. There was still a slight golden, sparkling taste on the back of their tongue, but the gate was closed and Malach and the rest of the circle had no way of knowing where they were. Particularly if Fenn had no idea themselves.
But this was not where they had hoped to reach when they had planned this. It was not London. The sky was too blue, the air too
