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What little calm was left in the air is suddenly forced out when Caes her head forward harshly and stops just beforecontact with the stone and buries her face in the palh her chest Rachel shoots up the rest of the way on top of the table and turns around

Daisy runs over to Ca her into her ar down her face She tries to speak through the sobs, but her words are choked and garbled

The rest of usabout Cah us all

"I’ets the words out and Daisy continues to hold her "I-I tried so hard…b-but I couldn’t--"

ISAAC

Chapter 32

IN A FEW MORE hours, the sun will be rising and I’’s off and I can’t put er on it

We’ve been joined by nine different packs on and Nevada--are also on their way, but it will take theet here if they don’t catch a plane, but they always travel with their pack, so finding a short-notice flight with twenty to fifty empty seats, isn’t likely

And we still haven’t heard anything from or about my father, so I’m sure he still doesn’t know and hasn’t even left Serbia yet We still have tiht Damnit!

I jump down from the hood of Xavier’s car and walk quickly over to Nathan who has been talking to Trevenin and all around The Cove, some down by the river not far away

I lost head-count after one hundred twenty

"Nate," I say, taking hiht"

Treven turns his attention on the others standing nearby, but I get the feeling he’ll listen in on us if he can I would

Nathan and I walk to the edge of the parking lot and stop

"What?" he says, "Are you ready to get theht be best anyway; too populated this close in"

"No, listen," I say leaning in further toward hilance doard in conteain "That’s just it, I feel nothing, Nate"

He catches on fast

"You’re right, bro," he says and covertly glances around at everyone and keeps his voice low "Yeah, I think he should know about Aramei by now and we should be fully aware of it"

"What was that you said?" Treven says, walking up "Come on, man, we’re here to stand with you, don’t put us at the kiddie table"

Others nearby hear Treven’s words and the wave of conversations going on all around us ceases

I look at Nathan and Treven both; Treven standing two full inches taller next to hio to elaborate more, just so maybe I can make some sense of it myself, and I hear Isis’ voice fros," she says, "They’ve stopped barking" She coiant bicep; her face is iht; all night they’ve been barking sporadically, though nothing out of the ordinary, and now they are utterly silent all over the town

Panic envelops Nathan’s face all of a sudden and his nostrils flare He takes in a deep, aggressive breath and catches the scent on the wind He always knows before any of us when others are nearby because of his powerful sense of smell We all have it, the enhanced sense of smell, but Nathan’s ability is extraordinary

The muscles in his arms harden and his dark eyes widen so quickly that it alone sends a jolt of panic throughto look at him and keep my eyes peeled all around me at the same time

"They’re here," Nathan answers as his eyes shift black and his lips curl into a hard, bitter display "Holy shit, they’re…everywhere"

Instinct kicks in as Nathan’s announcerave news on the air and everyone beco sweat froe "It’sin his voice "She just spoke to me"

"What did she say, Xavier?" I’m too impatient "Xavier, tell me what Nataša said!"