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Not because there had been no foreshadowing of it--indeed, there had been, thanks to the hunter’s warning--but because I had pushed the possibility to the back of et about it
But at about 2AM, after Lawrence and I had fallen asleep in each other’s arh our peace like a fog horn
I oken by the feeling of Lawrence shaking When I openedflat on his back, face panned to the ceiling His expression was contorted in silent pain, his eyes squinting shut His whole body was shaking, and I had never heard his breathing so erratic He was in the ht and yelled for Shayla I rushed out of the rooripped her shoulders and violently shook her awake
"Lawrence!" I yelled "It’s Lawrence!"
"What?" she gasped, half asleep
I dragged her fro the fewhad increased tenfold
"Oh, dear," Shayla breathed, her jaw dropping, face lighting up in panic
She performed various spells to try to cal and now his throat seeed He was barely even breathing at all
"Grab our stuff!" Shayla ordered ot to return to the hospital!"
My hands were shaking so badly I couldn’t even pack I just grabbed whatever was nearestwith Shayla’s suitcase and the wheelchair Then the witch gripped hold of the back of my neck and vanished the three of us froh the air, countless questions circled around and around inthe night? I even foundthat I’d done by mistake What tore up raveyard He had been so excited to return there in theto happen nohen, or if, he would be able to return
Worry was eating away at me as we reappeared outside Lawrence’s hospital room Shayla bundled him inside
"Go and fetch whatever witches or jinn are around!"
With that, she sla more than to stay in the room with her With Lawrence But of course, I acquiesced, and raced to the phone in the hallway I dialed down to the apothecary, which here the witches and jinn usually were if they were at the hospital Thankfully, five witches and two jinn were down there, and they ca up I directed the around the bed so h I couldn’t see, I could hear And that was enough to cause the hairs on my body to stand on end