[Lucas knows which world he came from, now, actually . . . But that wasn't very important.]

I don't know. He just . . . showed up. And everything was ruined. It wasn't just the monsters, you know. It was . . . our friendships, our trust in one another, the way we lived.

Our love.

He knew how to bring out the worst side of people, and that was even worse than the chimeras. In three years, he had the Nowhere Islands under his control -- And had everyone thinking it was a good thing.