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  “Emma’s in the Underworld,” Gretchen broke in. She might have felt badly for them if there was any space left inside her body not currently devoted to fear for her cousins and brother. “You have to get her out.”

  Ewan paused. The air around him seemed to shiver, so cold was his expression. Blue lighting arced between his antlers. The portal wavered, starting to seal itself. “I’ll be back for you, princess,” he said to Theodora, bowing his head to her before stepping back into the portal. The fissure closed behind him.

  “No!” Theodora yelled, crawling brokenly toward him. “Take me with you!”

  Gretchen turned away, mind already racing with plans and plots.

  Tobias’s hand was warm on her shoulder. “We’ll get her out,” he promised.

  Gretchen lifted her chin. “We’ll get them all out,” she corrected.

  Author’s Note

  The witchcraft in this book is purely literary. It is not intended to represent modern or ancient belief systems.

  Also by Alyxandra Harvey

  The Drake Chronicles

  Hearts at Stake

  Blood Feud

  Out for Blood

  Ruling Passion

  (Bind-up of Hearts at Stake, Blood Feud, and Out for Blood)

  Bleeding Hearts

  Blood Moon

  Blood Prophecy

  Haunting Violet

  Stolen Away

  The Lovegrove Legacy

  A Breath of Frost

  Copyright © 2014 by Alexandra Harvey

  All rights reserved.

  You may not copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (including without limitation electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, printing, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

  First published in the United States of America in October 2014

  by Bloomsbury Children’s Books

  Electronic edition published in October 2014

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Harvey, Alyxandra.

  Whisper the dead / by Alyxandra Harvey

  pages cm—(The Lovegrove legacy; [2])

  Summary: In 1814 London, Gretchen must put aside annoyance at the constant buzzing caused by being a Whisperer, concern about her twin brother, her growing feelings for a member of the Order of the Iron Nail, and the boredom of being a debutante when a new menace threatens Mayfair.

  [1. Witches—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Love—Fiction. 4. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 5. Twins—Fiction. 6. Cousins—Fiction. 7. London (England)—History—19th century—Fiction. 8. Great Britain—History—George III, 1760—1820—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.H267448Whi 2014 [Fic]—dc23 2014005626

  ISBN: 978-0-80273-751-9 (e-book)

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