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Everyone nodded in grihtened a little, and the others took turns tellingon while I’d been unconscious How Metis and Daphne had used theirthe students back to the acade what had happened at the auditorium

"I’ed "It’s okay, Gwen It wasn’t your fault None of this was your fault"

His voice was kind, but once again, he wouldn’t quite look at ure out why

My friends can of the person I wanted to see the an I assumed he was back at the academy or maybe on his way over here, now that I ake But the weird thing was that no one said anything about the Spartan-not a single word-even though theyto see hian?" I finally asked when I realized that no one was going to one to sleep on the bed beside htstand Only Metis and Nickaed a sharp look

"Logan is gone, Gwen," Metis said in a low voice "I’m sorry"

A cold fist of fear squeezed one? He’s notdead? Is he?"

My voice dropped to a raspy whisper, and I could barely get out the horrible words

Nickamedes shook his head "No, physically, he’s just fine He becaic on hi effects froet a scratch during the fight itself"

"Then why isn’t he here?" I asked "What’s wrong? What aren’t you telling ed another look, and my worry and dread increased

"You have to understand that what Logan went through was very, very trau rona asked Logan to follow her over to one side of the stage She used her Aold collar around his neck before any of us realized as happening Logan ied Even as we tried to help him, more and more Reapers streaht before it had even really started"

Metis paused a an that hurt him, but what he did to you"

"But he didn’t mean to hurt rona was controlling hio all Reaper and try to kill ht? He’s not in the acade there"

"No, Logan is not in the acade you said is true We all know it, and Logan does too, but that still doesn’t ?" I asked "What aren’t you telling me?"

Metis and Nickamedes looked at each other a third tiaze to one, Gwendolyn," Nickaentle voice "He’s left Mythos Acadery, not upset, just-nus that could have happened, of all the reasons why Logan wasn’t here, I never expected this He’d left? Why? Why would he do that? I just didn’t understand why

My mouth fell open, but no words caet the words out Nickamedes pulled a small white envelope out of his pants pocket I could see the pain and pity in his eyes-his icy eyes that were so entle voice "Maybe this will help explain things I’m sorry, Gwendolyn Truly, I ae of the bed and left my room Metis squeezed my shoulder before she followed hi tih it were a Maat asp, ready to bite me if I moved an inch Nyx slept on the bed besidein her sleep, but for once the wolf pup’s presence didn’t co Reapers

Logan had left? What did that o somewhere for some reason? And ouldn’t the Spartan tellon? Why wouldn’t he at least co hands, I grabbed the envelope and pulled out the letter inside I drew in a breath, opened up the sheet of paper, and started to read

Dear Gypsy girl,

I’m so, so sorry for what happened-for what I did to you I never wanted to hurt you, and I never thought in a million years that I would Now, I understand how you felt when you killed Preston with your ic, how shocked and horrified you were by that How afraid you were that you would do it again to one of us-to me

You did what you had to do in order to survive-but I don’t have that excuse

I stabbed you because I was under a Reaper spell, but I still can’t believe I did that to you And the worst part was that I kneas you I could see you clearly the whole ti me to stop And I wanted to-I wanted to stop soinside ic they’d infected h

Before, I wasn’t strong enough to save h to stop o Metis and Nickamedes say that I’m fine, that Loki and the Reapers don’t have a hold on me any you again

So I’ soive an

The words hurt, but they weren’t the worst part Because as soon as I touched the letter, an had when he’d written it-all his fear and anger and shame and hatred of hi the fight over and over again in hisI’d said to him, all the tiain and again, he re that sword intothe battle