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We were almost to their office building when Aaron stopped in front of me and pulled on Cadence's arm, bringing her to a halt as well. I braced myself for the inevitable doom of discovery. "Heycan you get Christian?"

Oh. Crap.

Obviously, my sister had been talking to someone else because she's not very good at using her IAC and carrying on a conversation with another person in real life at the same time, so it took her a second. "What? Christian?"

A volcano began to bubble in my stomach, on the brink of eruption. No longer worried about protecting his secret, the threat of my own demise had me panicked. If they knew what I'd helped him do, they'd be so angryat me.

"Yeah, I can't get him on the IAC at all," Aaron said, putting his hands on his hips and staring at my sister, frustrated.

Trying to be the voice of reason, I said, "He's on vacation," praying that would make them drop it, even though I knew in my heart it wouldn't.