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Kingston roared overhead, and the dark cave was suddenly illued to one of pain, and I looked up,into s

Come on, persuasion, work for me this time

It’d been weak and unreliable for the entire first part of the school year, but ever since Kai and I had kissed in his dorer

I hoped like hell it would work now

“Sleep!” I ordered the littlethe effects of ic “Go to sleep!”

One by one, they fell out of the air, plu splats

“Nice one” Kai glanced at me, a sort of feral pride in his expression

I grinned back His approval shouldn’t havedown to my toes

“Watch your back!” Hannah shouted as she spun around, building an energy ball up between her hands I ducked out of the way as she fired at the horde on our heels I risked a glance behind me, and immediately wished I hadn’t

Oh my fuck

The monsters who lived in our school eak sauce compared to these abominations A massive spider whose abdomen rose up into the head, ar the pack Behind hi black h the air, talons outstretched to rip us apart

A poisonous-looking sala boulders loose and shattering stalag…whatevers It didn’t even bother to cli right through the heavy stone as if it were tissue paper There were more behind it, so many more, but I could only hear them Their screams were like death and despair Tears streaked downand feeding off of our emotions

“Keep it together!” I shouted, to no one in particular “Block them out”

We finally skidded to a stop at the door, and I took a quick head count as we pushed through it Oh, shit, no Jayce wasI turned around to call for him, but Xero yanked me inside and slammed the door shut, then barred it

“No! Jayce!” I wailed