![]() ![]() ![]() That meant she was never going to bond with a unicorn, and she was never going to live on the Island. Two years ago, she’d failed the Hatchery exam that determined whether she was destined to become a rider. They reminded Kenna that she was never going to have a unicorn. Instead, he slept in a treehouse on the Island, and in the daytime he learned elemental magic with his very own unicorn. That it had been empty for almost a year. And then she’d remember that his bed was empty. She missed her brother so much that sometimes when she was half-asleep, she’d take a breath to whisper to him in the dark. As the lights of Margate sparkled to life behind her, she took Skandar’s letter out of her pocket, stared at the envelope, and then put it away again-unopened. ON THE EVE OF THE summer solstice, Kenna Smith sat on the beach and watched the sun sink into the sea. ![]()
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