When Laney woke the next morning, Jin was gone. She blinked and sat up, expecting to see the little girl playing on the floor or something, but there was no trace of her and the pink backpack was gone. Laney leaped from the bed and ran from the room, her heart pounding in panic. She nearly ran into a man standing just on the other side of her door.

He looked down at her as she halted in front of him. "Master wants to see you."

"Where's Jin?" she demanded ...