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and nodded. Tammy looked back at the others and bit her lower lip before speaking.
    “ Lurkers,” she started.
    “ What are Lurkers?” Angelina asked, a questioning look now printed on her face. Tammy inhaled and exhaled deeply.
    “ They’re children of the shadows. As the void becomes weaker, expands and becomes thinner, it can allow more and more to pass through. Lurkers are the weakest. They can practically walk through the void’s cover. The worst they can do is give you nightmares,” Tammy finished.
    “ Well, that doesn’t sound so bad,” Tantrus started.
    “ But, in case you didn’t hear her, as time goes on the void becomes weaker. Monsters will cross over; demons. And finally the Barons themselves,” Robbie finished.
    The bafflement in Tantrus ’ eyes seemed to submerge him into a cloud of mixed emotions.
    “ And as if thing weren’t bad enough,” Angelina muttered.
    “ What do you mean?” Robbie asked. Angelina’s fingers pressed to her glass of water, tighter than they already were and sending minuscule cracks over it.
    “ Oh, it’s…its nothing,” she said hesitantly. Tammy looked at Angelina with uncertainty, gently squinting her eyes at her as if trying to see a miniature spot on her forehead that she couldn’t quite exactly make out. They began to glow a bright fluorescent pink and remained that way. Her pupils were defined, being surrounded by a stunning ring of fuchsia.
    “ You’re lying,” Tammy said calmly. “Lina’, what’s the actual problem?” she then asked, just as calm. Angelina looked at her in a manner of misapprehension.
    “ See? I respect you enough to not go into your private thoughts,” Tammy continued as Angelina exhaled helplessly.
    “ The power locks I got for my children are slowly wearing off.” Tantrus gulped, but an almost invisible smile grew on Mr Tarchall’s face.
    “ I’m worried because I need to find a way to keep them locked –”
    “ No!” Tammy interjected, standing up boldly without hesitation. All heads turned to her in surprise.
    “ What she means is if they don’t know what they can do, how will they be able to defend themselves if anything should occur? They’re vulnerable,” Robbie answered as he slowly pulled Tammy back down to her seat again with a sheepish and embarrassed look on his flawless face.
    “ No, they’ll be more vulnerable if they do know about all of this,” Angelina replied, starting to choke by the swelling that grew heavier in her throat each second; she was going to burst into tears.
    “ But, Lina –”
    “ Wait, she does have a point,” interrupted Tammy through Robbie’s statement.
    “ Tams, you’re not making sense,” Robbie said. “No, let her speak,” Mr Tarchall ordered, raising a single hand to cease noise. Robbie threw his hands up into the air and rolled his eyes exasperatedly from never being able to interrupt his sister.
    “For goodness ’ sake, it’s like she’s the Holy Grail,” he muttered.
    “ I forgot to mention: at the time, Jerricho was one of the most powerful hybrids the Nobles needed to face – after Mark, of course. If they find out that he has three hybrid children, they’d all be in danger. They’ll try to kill them to get them out of the way,” Tammy concluded.
    “ But only if they find out. How could they find out about Jade, Jaden and Aden? My daughter Jojo knows everything and she’s not in danger,” Tantrus pointed out to Tammy.
    “Yes , but Jojo isn’t a potential –”
    “Lina,” Mr Tarchall quietly interfered. Tammy suddenly felt a tad uneasy and adjusted herself in her seat.
    “I think what she means to say, Tantrus, is that you’re not a hybrid and Lurkers are children of the shadows; they basically are shadows. Even though Earth is protected by the cover cloud, which no Baron can penetrate, a Lurker can . They could be anywhere,” Tammy stressed.
    “ Tammy, you’ve just totally scrambled your point. You’ve switched sides that you were