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just as quickly and begins pacing. She still won’t look at Sloane.
Whatever is going on between them doesn’t stop Sloane from walking over to me
and saying, “I’ll follow your lead. I’ve been in the Aerling world for a year,
so I might be a little rusty at being, you know, invisible.”
    “I’m sure it will all come back to you as
soon as we’re surrounded by Sentinels on every side.” I say it with as much
confidence as I can, but her confession worries me. “Getting in shouldn’t be
too much of a problem. It’ll be getting Hayden back out. Even if the Sentinels
can’t see or sense us, we have no way of hiding Hayden.”
    Sloane’s eyes narrow. She reaches toward
me, but I can’t help flinching away. Hurt by my mistrust, she pulls her hand
back, but says, “I wouldn’t be so quick to limit your powers, Mason. You’re the
heir of Tāwhiri. One of them, anyway. That counts for a lot in our world.”
    Not entirely sure what she means by that,
I don’t really have time to puzzle out her cryptic words. I turn back to Olivia
and wrap her up tightly. “Stay out of sight until we get back. If there’s any
hint of Sentinel activity, get in the car and drive away. They can’t sense you,
but they can track you like they would any other prey. I don’t want you to risk
yourself for Robin, but we need her to repair the barrier. I don’t know if
Tū knows we need her to fix things. Even if he doesn’t, Robin knows enough
to cause more trouble.”
    “I won’t let them find either of us,”
Olivia says. The heat in her voice makes me wary, and gives me hope at the same
time. She turns her chin up and kisses me fiercely. “Be careful, and bring
Hayden back to me.”
    “I…will.” I’ll do everything I can to
rescue Hayden, but her phrasing gives me pause. Again, I don’t have time to
ponder it, so I shake it off and return my focus to Sloane. She’s ready and
waiting. A few seconds later, we’re both trotting toward the Sentinel compound.
    It looks like a prison, like the kind
you’d see on some kind of prison break movie. Razor wire tops a ten foot fence.
Armed guards are positioned in watchtowers that surround the compound. Every
gate has secured locking mechanisms. It’s completely locked down, and I’m sure
any human would have a tough time getting in here. Luckily for us, we’re not
human. Sloane and I both call the air to us, using it to lift ourselves over
the razor wire and set us back down in the barren courtyard.
    Sloane seems unsure of what to do next
when we get to a door sealed shut by a key card access lock. I’d be lying if I
said I wasn’t pleased with how fast I was able to call up a bit of lightning,
short out the lock, and use Molly’s lock picking tricks to get us both inside.
Deep into the early morning hours, we only encounter a few Sentinels patrolling
the halls. No one sees the elevator door open on its own, and no one sees it
open on the third sublevel, either. Making our way to the correct cell block
and locating Hayden is easy. That’s where things start getting difficult.
    “What do we do now?” Sloane asks as we
stare at a bruised and bloodied Hayden out cold on an old cot while a Sentinel
guard stands watch right in front of the cell door. The intensity this guy is
carrying around pretty much guarantees us there’s no chance of him falling
asleep in the near future.
    It takes me a few minutes to answer,
mainly because I’m trying to think up a plan. I feel completely stumped until I
remember Cedrick’s last bit of advice on controlling Robin. It should work, but
I need to make sure it won’t end up giving us away, first. Turning to Sloane, I
say, “Check the surrounding area and let me know if there’s anyone close enough
to stumble on a body and raise an alarm.”
    Sloane’s eyes widen by a small degree, but
she nods and scurries off. She’s back a few minutes later, shaking her head.
“Hayden’s the only prisoner in this block. There likely won’t be