“No,” Tessa said. “We run to Witch Mountain. Not away.”
Tessa pulled Leo close. “Do you trust me?”
Tessa closed her eyes. The eleven digits blazed behind her lids: . She didn’t know why, but she spoke them aloud. run to witch mountain
When the light faded, Witch Mountain was dark again. Silent. Empty.
They ran down the stairs. The crystal walls pulsed with light, and Tessa realized the mountain wasn't a mountain—it was a ship. A dormant ark, buried for a thousand years, waiting for the code only a human dream could carry and only a star-child could activate. “No,” Tessa said
“What are you?” Tessa gasped.
“The number,” Leo said. “Say it now.” “Do you trust me
“They want the code,” Leo said as they veered into the forest. Pine needles muffled their steps, but the vans had stopped. Now came the soft crunch-crunch of boots on fallen branches. Dozens of them. “The sequence you saw in your dream.”