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Jack Landers did terrible things to her that no one deserved Things she couldn’t remember, but could still feel

Until that day, I’d had no idea We weren’t exactly friends now, but eren’t enes were at least twelve shades of aard between us

I pulled at the roots of rab in frustration I tried again "I know you don’t like round

"Fine," she said "Why are you here? Have you added sadomasochism to your list of extracurriculars?"

"No It’s about Jack--"

She raised a long, skinny ar me off," I yelled, instantly sorry when she flinched I tried again in a lower voice "You have to hear this We called a truce, re for is a few ive you three"

"He’s back"

She stared atsecond "Are you sure?"

"Yes"

"Did you see him? With your own eyes?"

I nodded

She seeth to stand, and slid down the arm of the couch onto the cushion with a soft thuht He showed up at the et to him Popped in and out Not before he tried to take a shot aton a sideboard rattled and then ju into the wall Black coffee dripped down the patterned wallpaper

I stared openmouthed I’d never seen any evidence of Ava’s ability in person

"What do youthe splattered coffee "Why didn’t you stop him?"

"I tried" I explained Chronos and the ulti "We have until Halloween to find Jack Or we’re at the mercy of Chronos"

When she shivered, I handed her a sweater from the back of the couch She pushed her arms into the sleeves and wrapped herself in it

"Hey," I said in what I hoped was a coain We won’t let hi to be with lass end table but stayed put Ava closed her eyes and took a couple of deep breaths "Not just me, what about Emerson? What about about your mom? He worked here, for years He knows this place inside and out"

Dread

"You’re alone out here," I said in sudden realization

"Thank you, Captain Obvious"

One of Ava’s roolass school for the year Probably because of the whole "the school’s founder blew up in his lab and then came back fro I uest room"