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Chapter Five

WHERES’ THE WATER?

“The earth can’t come alive. It’s not possible… right?” Tobin asked his friends.

“Of course it’s possible!” Bismark declared, waving his stick in the air. “It’s the only explanation for this madness. The earth is trying to swallow us!”

Tobin gulped. “But—”

“But yes, good point, muchacho. Perhaps it’s only trying to swallow moi. I am the biggest threat after all—the most powerful, the most terrifying, the most intelligent…and the most devastatingly handsome. It makes perfect sense that the earth went after me first.” Bismark let out a sigh. “My greatness has put me in danger. That’s all there is to it.”

Dawn’s stern expression silenced Bismark, but she had barely heard him to begin with. She was absorbed in her own thoughts. The strange, sandy ________

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