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"Not really, no," I admit.
"Anyway, while I was there for the third time, Jenny from next door came with an email she'd found in the printing room and asked me to give it to you."
"The email that said it was from you," I supply.
He nods. "Except that I knew I didn't write it. There wasn't too much guessing in working out who would have done something like that. We went to the address from the email and found a distraught Erica there."
"Which wasn't too much help considering neither of us can understand her."
Ah, yes, I can see that being a potential issue.
"But Tobias came and translated for us."
"The rest was fairly self-explanatory," Juliet says. "I contacted Agent Fielding and explained the situation and she promised to get you out of the Shadow Association house. We don't know what she did, but here you are."
"She arrested me."
Mathias raises an eyebrow. "What for?"
"Unlawfully reaping Erica."
Mathias chuckles. "Well, that's one way of doing it."
"Is she okay?"
He nods. "She's gone back to her house to wait for us. She wants to talk to you when she gets a chance.
"Maybe after some sleep," I say. I'm not sure I have the brainpower to deal with an apologetic ghost straight away.
The door opens again and Fielding steps inside.
"You know you can all sit down, right?" she asks, looking at the three of us with barely contained exasperation.
"Sorry, we got distracted," I admit, choosing the seat closest to the desk and sitting on it.
The other two follow my lead and perch themselves on the other chairs.
Fielding sighs and places herself behind her desk.
A multitude of questions chase around my mind, the main one being why she decided to help my friends and come get me. I can understand why George feels as if he owes Juliet, but not what this woman thinks she owes any of us.
Maybe she just did it out of the goodness of her heart, but I doubt that.
"Are you hungry?" she asks.
I shake my head despite the slight rumble in my stomach. I want answers more than I want food.
"After we're done here, am I allowed to go back to the academy?" I ask.
She nods. "You're not under arrest, you haven't done anything wrong. You will need to check in with me regularly to make sure you're safe, and we've increased security around the academy."
"You can do that?" I can't keep the surprise out of my voice.
"Alongside the faculty staff, yes. We also have a cyber team working out how someone managed to hack into Mr Carey's emails," she says.
"Oh." I lean back in my chair. "Why are you going to so much trouble for me? I'm no one special."
An incredulous expression crosses the agent's face. "You were a kidnap victim. We treat that with the utmost seriousness."
