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“Carefully.”
Chapter Nineteen
Scar
Instinctiswhatleadsme to my conclusion, and I am certain we will find Candace hiding in the nursery. She has been cowardly enough to make her attacks from a distance, not even making a real appearance to help save her friend’s life. She is afraid of us, and she knows we called Maria out to get the chance to kill her without causing any harm to the children in her charge.
It might be tricky to get her away from the children, but if she thinks she is winning, we should be able to get close enough to end this. We’re almost at the finish line.
My brothers listen to my plan with concern in their expressions.
It is a delicate operation. We will need to work fast and be ready for surprises.
“I do not like this,” Scratch murmurs.
“It will work,” I tell him.
“I will need your pouch for the poison,” Fox says, holding out his hand toward me.
I remove it from my loincloth and pass it over to him. “Be careful when you are picking the berries.”
“I know how to pick nightshade. I’ve done it twice already without dropping dead.”
“Then, make sure the third time is no different. Take your time.”
He ties the pouch to his loincloth’s belt and looks at me. “Are we going now?”
I look at Snake. “Are you ready?”
He hisses that he is.
“We may all be affected by the chimera’s illusions but remember your job and do not deviate from it. All of us have our parts to play. We cannot forget that.”
“Let’s go,” Fox says, clearly anxious to get it over with.
Snake hisses in agreement.
Scratch sighs. He is not sure about this plan.
“The children are at risk every moment they are around a chimera,” I tell him. “It is not ideal to have to evacuate them from the building, but hopefully it will not be for long.”
Hopefully, the chimera will not destroy the building, but there may be nothing we can do about it if she shifts into her true form while inside.
“I will feel better when this night is at an end,” Scratch says. “Let us get it over with.”
Leading the way, I approach the front of the building with Scratch.
Snake stays outside of the gates. Fox moves around to the side of the back yard, where he will find more poison and help Scratch to lead the children away from the building once they have been gathered together.
The front door is locked, but the wood breaks with little effort when I push on it.
The ceilings are a little higher inside than they are in my mother’s house. I do not have to walk stooped over once we are past the door. However, the long corridor branches out into various rooms with closed doors, and we are going to have to wake every child who is sleeping to get them out of the building.
That task is mainly on Scratch’s shoulders. I will be looking for Candace while he gathers the children.
I open the first door to discover an empty classroom.
The second is an empty dining hall.
