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“What?”

The blond man’s voice from behinda pack of teachers and advanced students toward us

“I told you, I’h his features remained tense “I told them already”

I wanted to s me, but there wasn’t ti hiht now, an army of fallen were at the door, and ere not prepared

“The wards?” Hannah asked Toland, her voice high and thready

He shook his head “Hope they hold and be ready to fight”

My whole body tensed up as the firstthe heavy wood shudder “Shit”

I grabbed uys, one after the other, and pressed nited between us even now They all gave willingly, charging me up like a battery And if I kissed them a little harder and deeper because I was terrified one or all of us ht die, well, no one had to know

“Headic teacher, flew around the corner behind us, out of breath and frantic “We have to protect the wards!”

“The wards are intended to protect us, Lena,” he said gravely

“They can’t withstand a direct attack of this h the wards, nowhere in the castle will be safe” She wrung her hands, al “We have to stop them!”

Silence fell over the hall as the implication of her words settled in We couldn’t just hunker down and defend our territory We were going to have to go out there and meet the threat

Damn it Of course

Toland faced off against the tall wo as he shook his head “I won’t tell theo out there”

“You won’t have to,” Kingston said, stepping forward “Hey, Hannah, you want to go for a ride?”