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PROLOGUE

Ours

Even over the sea, Thea could smell the blood on her When she breathed in, it filled her with a fausted her, leaving a horrible taste in her mouth, because she knehere it came from

“Is it done?” she asked She stood on the rocky shore, staring over the sea, her back to her sister

“You know it is,” Penn said Although Penn was angry, her voice still kept its seductive edge, that alluring texture she could never completely erase “No thanks to you”

Thea glanced back over her shoulder at Penn Even in the dull light of the listened, and her tanned skin see, she looked even more beautiful than she had a few hours before

A few droplets of blood splattered Thea’s clothes, but Penn had ht hand It was stained crimson up to her elbow

Thea’s stoust, and she turned away again

“Thea” Penn sighed and walked over to her “You know it had to be done”

Thea didn’t say anything for ato her, the watersong calling for her

“I know,” Thea said finally, hoping her words didn’t betray her true feelings “But the ti is awful We should’ve waited”

“I couldn’t wait anymore,” Penn insisted, and Thea wasn’t sure if that was true or not But Penn had ot what she wanted

“We don’t have estured to the moon, nearly full above them, then looked over at Penn

“I know But I already told you, I’ve hadher razor-sharp teeth “And it won’t be long before she’s ours”

ONE

Midnight Swim

The enginerobot llama, followed by an ominous click-click Then silence Ge that would somehow breathe life into the old Chevy, but it wouldn’t even chug anymore The llama had died

“You have got to be kidding me,” Gemma said, and cursed under her breath

She’d worked her butt off to pay for this car Between the long hours she spent training at the pool and keeping up on her schoolwork, she had little ti the horrible Tennenum in her hair and poured bleach on her favorite sweater

But she’d toughed it out Geet a car when she turned sixteen, even if thatwith the Tennenotten their father’s old car as a hand-me-down Harper had offered to let Gemma drive it, but she had declined

Mainly, Gemma needed her own car because neither Harper nor her father readily approved of her late-night swims at Anthemusa Bay They didn’t live far from the bay, but the distance wasn’t what bothered her fa that Gemma craved most