Neve blinked rapidly, staring at her.\u00a0 \u201cWait, what?\u00a0 Why are you going to kill my cousin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s absolutely impossible,\u201d Jacqueline snapped.\u00a0 \u201cDid you know he wants to leave?\u00a0 Just like that.\u00a0 Leave us.\u00a0 Vanish.\u00a0 We wake up one day and poof<\/i>!\u00a0 No Phelan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phelan wouldn\u2019t do that.\u00a0 Wanderer he may be, but he\u2019d never just up and abandon everyone here just like that.\u00a0 Not knowing how much he cares about everyone and how much they care about him.<\/i>\u00a0 Neve shook her head.\u00a0 \u201cYou must be exaggerating.\u00a0 Phelan wouldn\u2019t leave.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe might,\u201d Marin said softly, glancing up at her.\u00a0 She closed the book, fingers curving around the covers so tightly her knuckles turned white.\u00a0 \u201cHe might, if he thought it was the only way to keep s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neve stared at her.\u00a0 How does she know that?<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s exactly why he says he wants to,\u201d Jacqueline said.\u00a0 \u201cAnd it\u2019s idiotic.\u00a0 I\u2019ll kill him or I\u2019ll tie him to a freaking bed if I have to.\u00a0 He\u2019s not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course not,\u201d Marin soothed softly.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll talk him out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She could see the flickers of fear in her friend\u2019s eyes. \u00a0Neve swallowed hard.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll talk to him,\u201d she said quickly.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll knock some sense into him.\u00a0 Maybe if I tell him if he leaves, I\u2019m going with him, that\u2019ll make him think twice about going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll just sneak,\u201d Marin said, shaking her head.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019d find a way around that.\u00a0 We have to convince him it\u2019s a bad idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, the only person who doesn\u2019t seem to know it\u2019s a bad idea is him.\u201d\u00a0 Jacqueline crossed her arms, seething as she glared at nothing.\u00a0 \u201cWhat are we going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Neve said honestly, glancing at Marin.\u00a0 \u201cBut we\u2019ll think of something.\u201d<\/p>\n
The seer smiled weakly.\u00a0 \u201cWe always do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Neve blinked rapidly, staring at her.\u00a0 \u201cWait, what?\u00a0 Why are you going to kill my cousin?\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s absolutely impossible,\u201d Jacqueline snapped.\u00a0 \u201cDid you know he wants to leave?\u00a0 Just like that.\u00a0 Leave us.\u00a0 Vanish.\u00a0 We wake up one day and … Continue reading