"Follow us," Esma ordered Ned, and he nodded and followed her wordlessly.
After Arabel's sudden disappearance and the appearance of Ned in her place in the form of Idan, a charming blond man, and the realization that it was really Ned, Esma and Irene, taking him with them, went to the place where the rest of Irene's group were waiting for them.
With Arabel gone, Esma decided to just follow Irene, canceling her transformation.
"Who are they?" asked Irene, getting into the back seat of the car that the guards had prepared for her. She immediately realized that this Idan, whom Esma had named Ned, was similar to the one Arabel had summoned and named Bera.
Irene was still in a state of shock after seeing Bera turn into her exact copy.
"They're called Doppelgangers," Esma replied, using her Soul Force so none of Irene's guards could hear them. She then briefly brought Irene up to date on who these Doppelgangers were.
