“Gone,” Dev said. “She moved into Sable’s room earlier.”
“Ok. Get up. We’re leaving.”
“We are?” Dev asked, sitting upright.
I stared at him. “Seph isn’t here. I have to find her.”
“She’s probably walking the halls,” he said, but he pulled on a shirt. “This could be nothing.”
The wind brushed my ear again.
Hurry.
I was already bounding out the door before Dev had his shoes on.
I charged into Kieran’s room without knocking and swept his side table clear until my hands closed on something metal.
Keys.
“Ash what the fuck-” Kieran growled from his bed.
I ignored him and ran for the garage. Dev followed close at my heels.
“What the hell has happened?” Kieran asked, stumbling behind Dev.
“Fucked if I know,” Dev said. “He thinks Seph is in trouble.”
“Seph?” Kieran said, picking up the pace.
I flung open the garage door and saw the heavy-duty Jeep first. I jumped into the cab. Dev scrambled into the back.
“No!” Kieran yelled, snatching the keys out of my grip. He shoved me over to the passenger seat. “I’ll drive! You tell me where to go.”
I wound the windows down and closed my eyes and called the wind.
Tell me where, friend.
The air tugged at me, pulling me forward, whispering its secrets. My eyes flickered beneath my lids as images of water flooded my mind.
“The Aurelion…” I whispered.
“What?” Dev demanded. “Why would she be near the Aurelion?”
A roar echoed on the breeze.
Sy.
“They fell. Hard. Fuck, K.” I looked at him with wide eyes. “Sy’s hurt. Seph was with him.”
Kieran opened the garage door and gunned the engine.
We took off into the night, down the long empty highway.
I pushed my head out the window, using the winds to guide me. “That way!”
We drove until the river came into view, but we were still too far from the banks.
“Fuck!”
