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dark, but I really needed to go, and downstairs had to have an open, working toilet.
    Ian was right. The restroom was nothing more than a compacted closet. I couldn’t put into words how relieved I felt at finally being able to use the restroom. I squeezed out of it, trying not to let the door shut loudly. The whole lower cabin was dark with only a few overhead lights on here and there. Most everyone was sleeping.
    A short woman with the flight attendant uniform smiled at me as I quietly tried to find my way back to the stairs. A tight grip wrapped around my arm, spinning me around. I let out a force of power that made whoever it was let go. I could feel my magic sizzle in my palm as lightning crackled outside the plane. I knew I needed to be careful since I was much closer to the one source of power I controlled so easily. I really did not want to accidently hit the plane with a bolt of lightning and make us crash into the ocean.
    My eyes darted around , looking for whoever grabbed me. The hair on my neck rose as I backed up toward the stairs. Did I imagine the whole thing? On the bottom step beside me I could see the wispy spirit form of Luna; her silver eyes illuminated the dark. If she was here, even if she wasn’t in her true wolf body, I knew something was wrong and whatever it is was bad.
    I reached slowly down to run my fingers over her head but my fingers slipped through her spirit , leaving a wake of white tendrils in the air that floated back to her. I wasn’t used to seeing her this way.
    A strange but familiar gargle sounded from straight ahead by the restrooms. Luna’s hackle rose and a small growl escaped her snarling lips. I looked around, but no one seemed to notice—yet. I wasn’t sure how I was going to explain how I had a wolf on board an airplane, let alone how she could disappear.
    “What is it?” I asked Luna, in my head.
    “It almost feels like a crossbreed, but the energy is off.”
    “Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of.” I leaned forward and scanned the aisles of seats. Nothing, or no one, stood out to me. “Maybe we’re wrong?”
    Copper eyes reflected off the dim lighting and my heart stopped. We were not wrong. I raised my hand, ready to defend myself, when another hand wrapped around my mouth and another around my middle.
    Whoever it was pulled me back away from the stairs and toward the galley. I reached out with my hands , trying to stop them, but I couldn’t grasp anything long enough to get a tight grip. I elbowed my captor as hard as I could, forcing them to loosen their grip. I spun around and shot a stream of sizzling power straight at his chest.
    Luna jumped on him, bringing him to the floor. The magic I used knocked him unconscious. Luna and I both looked around for the second one.
    Ian came out of the stairwell, followed by Dregan. He ran to me and grabbed my upper arms. “Are you okay? Dregan told me about the breed,” he asked in hushed tones. The last thing we needed was to wake an entire plane full of mortals to witness an immortal act of unkindness.
    I pushed away from him, needing to find the other crossbreed. “There’s still another one.”
    He spun around. “Are you sure?”
    “Oh , she’s sure.”
    We both turned to see who spoke. A woman walked around the corner. She had dark brown, curly hair that was pulled back with a purple scarf that matched her flight uniform. Slowly, she brought a finger to her lips, all the while never taking her eyes off the center aisle of the plane. “I think he moved to the back of the plane.”
    “Who are you?” I asked.
    “Camilla. I’m actually a hired agent for the B.O.M.B., the Bureau of Magical Beings. I fly undercover in case there are ever problems on board a flight with an otherworldly or magical being. I see that tonight we can say that there is definitely a problem. I’ve noticed a lot more activity the last couple weeks with tons of breeds flying this way.” Her southern accent was heavy and she talked with