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But the rain felt good on his shoulder, so he didn’t move. “What happened? How did I get here?”
“Do you remember the carnival?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you remember the fires?”
Was Gabriel kidding? They were permanently etched on the insides of Hunter’s eyelids. “I remember the generators. I had to climb down from the Ferris wheel.”
Gabriel glanced back in the house, then pulled the door shut. “That kid hears everything.” He leaned back against the doorjamb. “Do you remember getting shot?”
Hunter froze. “I got shot?”
“Yeah. In the shoulder.” Gabriel looked out at the gray sky. “And no offense, dude, but you weigh a f**king ton.”
That left Hunter with more questions than answers. His shoulder hurt, but he sure hadn’t missed a bullet hole.
That meant one of them had used power to heal him.
“Go clean up,” said Gabriel. “I’ll make coffee. School’s closed for the day, so . . .”
“Are we in danger?”
Gabriel snorted. “When are we not in danger?” He paused. “I have no idea. Nothing has happened since the fires.”
Hunter snuck into Nick’s room to find clean jeans from his bag, trying to be as silent as possible. He probably didn’t need to bother. Nick was practically unconscious, an arm hanging down over the side of the bed. The entire second floor felt thick with sleep. A quick glance at the clock revealed it wasn’t even six in the morning.
The shower felt even better than the rain had, but questions were burning the inside of his brain, so he rushed.
James was eating Cookie Crisp straight from the box when Hunter walked past the family room. He’d wrapped himself in the comforter.
Hunter wondered what it would be like to feel so comfortable in his surroundings. He couldn’t remember ever feeling that way, even around his own family.
He heard hushed voices from the kitchen, and that didn’t mean anything until Michael’s words registered.
“This is the first time I’ve considered leaving town.”
Leaving town. Hunter hesitated in the hallway.
Gabriel said something in response, but Hunter couldn’t catch the words.
Then Michael said, “I don’t know. What do you think?”
Hunter could feel Gabriel’s surprise from here. Hunter strained to hear him. “I think this is the first time we all have a reason to stay.” He paused. “You’re dating a girl who left her kid with you, Michael.”
“Exactly. I’m putting them at risk.”
“There’s no pentagram on the door.”
“Yet.”
Gabriel paused. “You sound like you’ve been thinking about this for a while.”
“Only all night.” A tapping sound that Hunter couldn’t make sense of. Then a heavy sigh. “Money would be tight for a while, but we could make it work.”
“When?”
“A week if we had to.”
