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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

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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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