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Just shut up and stay alive, okay?” Jessa hugged me tight and then darted out the door. Goodbyes weren’t her thing and that was all I was going to get.
    Rainy shook her head with a sad sigh before hugging me one last time.
    “We’re leaving at first light, so this is it for now. We’ll be seeing you soon–stay safe.” She too, turned and left quickly.
    I’d never felt so alone in my life.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER THREE
     
     
    Matheson’s Coven had split into two groups in the front yard. A shimmering bubble encircled the area as the last minute details were gone over between Matheson, Dagger, and a man I’d never seen before. I wasn’t allowed out of the house. The doors and windows were sealed. I’d tried every single one of them, in my last ditch effort to go outside to stop this.
    An eerie green glow steadily grew on the other side of the shimmery surface. The Triad must have been mounting some sort of a fight to get through. Several members of each group kept a worried vigil at the boundary, as if they were expecting it to pop at any moment.
    Dagger shook hands with Matheson and walked away with the unknown man to the group huddled around two small cloaked figures. Dagger wrapped his arms around the smaller of the two, in protection, and then the whole group disappeared.
    What the hell?
    Matheson’s group huddled around another cloaked figure and with a pop, they were gone too. My body began to shake in fear. They’d left me.
    A sob built in the back of my throat, but before I could let the terror take over, a strong arm banded around me, and a hand slid over my mouth to block my scream.
    “It’s just me,” Dagger whispered into my ear. “We don’t have much time. Be quiet and follow me. Don’t say a word or you will blow our cover.”
    I nodded my understanding as he slowly pulled his hand from my mouth. I might not be able to talk, but that was okay. There weren’t any words for the rage I felt at the thought that I had been tricked and abandoned. I turned on him and punched him right in the gut. The air whooshed out from between his pinched lips. Rage lit his eyes and I knew in that moment I was about to get a sound beating from him.
    It took him a few seconds to get his breathing back to normal. As his breath evened out, he stalked towards me. I waited as he stood so close our noses almost touched. He pulled in a deep breath like he would detach my soul and inhale it, and then walked me backwards until my back hit the wall.
    “If you do that again, I will personally deliver you to the Triad myself.” He was so close that his breath caressed my cheek. Goosebumps danced along my spine as his words chilled me. He pushed his body closer to mine, invading the last bit of personal space between us.
    Dagger shifted and slid his hand along the wall. The only sound was our breathing as the book case gave way beneath my back. I stumbled, but Dagger’s arms tightened once again as he walked me backwards into a stone wall. The bookcase closed, leaving us on the other side. He put his finger against my lips, silently telling me to be quiet. I nodded.
    The dark passage wasn’t easy to navigate. Dagger went ahead of me but kept hold of my hand as I bumped into the walls and him with every other step. He never said a word, just silently led us deeper down the darkened path.
    The darkness became a little more bearable when I could make out shadows. After a few more minutes, there was just enough light for me to see where I was walking. It was nice to not feel like a human pinball.
    The earth rumbled and dirt started raining down from the ceiling. Dagger’s hand pulled me onwards, urging me to move a little faster. The tremors started coming quicker, more dirt began falling. Before I knew it, Dagger had me up and over his shoulder and he was running. My head bounced against his back and my stomach began to roll. He darted around corners that barely cleared his shoulders as the earth groaned and