"Does it say what to do to break the seal?"

Tina turned the page and ran her fingers over the seam of the book. There were little pieces of paper wedged into it. It was obvious a page had been ripped out.

"There’s a page missing"

Shane’s eyes widened as she dropped to her knees in front of Tina, "What do you mean missing?"

Tina turned the book around so that Shane could see, "Someone ripped it out"

Shane shook her head in disbelief. She wanted to scream, they were so close.

"Fuck, who could have done it?"

Tina shook her own head and angrily closed the book, throwing her head back against the tree. Shane sighed and sat on the floor.

They didn’t say anything for several minutes, clearly frustrated with the situation. Tina closed her eyes, thinking about Bette and how she would do anything to keep her lover safe. She thought about the mess they were all in, about her father, about Jodi. She thought about all she had just read and hated Jodi even more. She hated how Jodi could have control over Shane and Bette, how she absorbed powers from other people. She-

Tina’s eyes opened and she sat up straight. She looked over at Shane who was laying down and looking up at the clouds.

"Shane"

"Hm?" Shane replied, never taking her eyes off the sky.

"Jodi can absorb abilities from others right?"

"Yeah"

Shane’s eyebrows scrunched up in confusion as she angled her head so that she could look at Tina behind her.

"Why?"

Tina’s heart started to beat faster. A smile began to form on her face, she had a theory and everything inside her felt it was right.

She opened her mouth to reply when she was silenced by an unfamiliar feminine voice.

"Well this was easy. And here I thought I was going to have to take this castle apart before I found you, Princess"

Shane and Tina jumped up at the sound of the voice, scrambling to their feet.

In front of them, a few feet away stood a woman dressed in light armor. She was covered from head to toe in red and black armor, including her face. All that was visible was the cold stare of her brown eyes, eyes filled with pain and so much hate.