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“She was here too?” She grasps my shoulders. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I thought there was still time to save her,” I reply. “But when I finally found her, she was getting shoved into a van, and it raced off before I could get to her. I couldn’t see the license plate. And now they’ve taken her to God knows where.”
“I’ll ask the Tartarus boys to check with their connections and see if they can find her whereabouts,” Caleb says.
“Thank you,” I mutter, still overcome with emotions.
“Felix,” Penelope growls.
He stares at her through the rearview mirror. “No.”
“Felix, we have to go back.”
He only hits the gas harder. “No.”
“She’ll be sold!” Penelope yells in terror.
“We’ll go back for her later. We have to get Lana to safety first.”
“But Crystal—”
“Will be saved too,” Felix interrupts. “You can count on it.”
Penelope sits back, still antsy as she glances through the window behind her. “Crystal …”
“I’m sorry, Pen,” I say.
She swallows back the tears. “It’s not your fault.”
“She came to my room to talk and get ice cream, but then we got taken by the Bones Brotherhood because they were shadowing me. It’s because of me that she’s—”
“Stop,” Penelope interjects. “Stop feeling guilty, and promise me you’ll help me find her.”
I nod a few times. “I won’t stop looking for her. Promise.”
Alistair rubs my back. “We’ll get her back.”
I know he’s only saying that to ease the aching in my heart.
The truth is, no one knows how far the Bones Brotherhood’s connections span. She could be anywhere by now, on her way to be sold to the highest bidder.
Poor Crystal …
We may have lost her forever.
KAI
When we return to campus, Milo and I haul Nathan into the nurse’s office through the school's back entrance.
She shrieks when she enters the room in her nightgown, carrying a gun. “Jesus Christ, I thought you were burglars!”
“Please help us,” I say, breathing ragged breaths.
“What the … you’re students, aren’t you?”
I nod.
“What happened to you?” she asks, putting down the gun. “It’s the middle of the night!”
