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He gave me a flat look “I’ froh This is a one-way deal”

My shoulders slu the expression on ston scooted over to me and put his arm around my shoulder

“Listen,” he said, his voice softer and e that told oing to keep trying We’ll poke around a little bit, talk to some of the advanced students he was close to and find out where else he liked to go And we’ll keep calling Sticky Mick’s Apparently, he was there this , I just missed him by a couple hours”

“Yeah,” Jayce said “We’ll figure so out Don’t worry about it, okay?”

Right, don’t worry

We had highly illegal contraband that could potentially save us all, but not to worry We’d figure out how to use it

I hoped

Chapter Twelve

Word about Wyatt spread around school quickly He’d been put in isolation somewhere in the basement labyrinth, and ru with hi under the strain, or if he was turning evil All of the teachers see in a bad mood didn’t feel safe any the third-degree before lunch

The halls beca Because, Icave in the middle of nowhere in the vast hellscape of the underworld It was bound to put at least a few people in a bad mood Not to mention the fact that the school finally ran out of coffee entirely

It was all I could do to keep my own temper in check the day I found out about the coffee Tea had been a good enough replacement for my second, third, and fourth cups of the day, but I relied heavily on that one perfect, life-giving cup of coffee to start my day

I glared at what had once been the coffee bar We’dhad finally arrived Oh, they were trying hard to lessen the blow; someone had put out extra tea, and every different flavor coine was there But no da black tea and stormed over to my table

“That’s it,” I groaned “It’s all over All hope is lost We ht as well send flares from the roof and tell Gavriel we’re here, because it’s over”

Xero shot me a sympathetic look “No coffee?”

“Not a drop” I sipped the tea and made a face “Just leaf water”