The horrible look of sadness slipped from the boys’ faces, and Laurie felt herself smiling, too. They didn’t need to discuss what would happen next. They knewwhat to do.
The twins walked into the kitchen. “We should probably take off before Baldwin’s parents get home,” Ray suggested.
“We are,” Laurie said, and then she turned to Matt. “Did the gods succeed?”
“No,” Matt said slowly. “The myth says Hel wouldn’t give him up because Loki didn’t mourn.” He clapped Fen on the shoulder. “But you aremourning.”
Fen grinned. “Well, then it looks like we need to go to Hel.”
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We want to thank the following people for making this book possible:
Sarah Rees Brennan, for suggesting one sleepy morning over an airport breakfast of donuts that we needed to write a “Kellissa book”;
Meghan Lewis, Breanna Lewis, and Dylan Marr, for coming up with titles for the books;
our agents, Sarah Heller and Merrilee Heifetz, for believing in the project (and us);
film agent Sally Wilcox, and foreign rights agent Cecilia de la Campa, for enthusiastic support;
Megan Tingley, Kate Sullivan, Samantha Smith, and the rest of the team at Little, Brown and Atom, for taking a chance on us;
Xaviere Daumarie, for creating gorgeous art; Deena Warner, for building a great website; and Azoulas Yurashunas, for constructing traditional Viking shields;
and our kids (Marcus, Alex, Julia, Dylan, and Asia), Kelley’s assistant (Alison Armstrong), and our friends (Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Ally Condie, and Margaret Stohl), for feedback on the book at various stages.
CONTENTS
WELCOME
DEDICATION
CHAPTER ONE: MATT
CHAPTER TWO: LAURIE
CHAPTER THREE: FEN
CHAPTER FOUR: MATT
CHAPTER FIVE: MATT
CHAPTER SIX: LAURIE
CHAPTER SEVEN: MATT
CHAPTER EIGHT: MATT
CHAPTER NINE: LAURIE
CHAPTER TEN: MATT
CHAPTER ELEVEN: FEN
CHAPTER TWELVE: MATT
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: LAURIE
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: MATT
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: LAURIE
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: MATT
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: LAURIE
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: MATT
CHAPTER NINETEEN: FEN
CHAPTER TWENTY: LAURIE
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: MATT
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: MATT
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: FEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: MATT
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: LAURIE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Text Copyright © 2013 by Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr
Interior illustrations © 2013 by Vivienne To Shield and logo by Eamon O’Donoghue based on the work of Lisseth Key
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