Chapter 395

THORNE

"But you needed help," Lake said reasonably. "And I knew I could make portals to the sun. Riley calculated the angles and told me where to aim."

"Riley helped?" I asked.

"He's upstairs with Ollie making sure nobody else tries to hurt anyone," Lake explained. "We have a system."

Of course they did. Because apparently five-year-olds in this pack had tactical coordination systems.

"Where are your parents?" I asked.

"Dad and Mom went to the cabin," Lake said. "The one in Uncle Zade's territory. For alone time. Grandma said not to bother them unless it was really important."

I closed my eyes briefly, feeling a headache building....