In the female dormitory of Vamus College, Tessa sat on the edge of her bed, her face lit by the phone held tightly in her palms.
On the screen, a message from Cassy popped up, and Tessa's eyes widened.
She tilted her gaze toward the dark window that looked wet and screamed, "Yes."
She covered her mouth, but the echo of the night carried the sound like a death wish spoken at the cemetery.
Outside Vamus College, the flaming vehicles blasted, sending both the winged creature and the driver in the car to their graves.
The rumbling tyres of the MRAP bounced as they rolled over higher ground and then dropped into a deep pothole.
The vibration moved through Kai's boots and seeped into his bones, finally into his skull like a snake on heat.
Rain struck the roofs like falling daggers, slamming against the steel and sending a chill through it. On Leon's left side, Merlin sat there, hollow breath escaping from his nose.
