Chapter 96: The Escape

LUMINA

I stood up and took Ollie's hand, slinging his backpack over my shoulder as I said to him. "Come on, let's go downstairs."

Riley followed us silently, not saying anything although I could feel his eyes on me, and I fought the urge not to look back as, his small footsteps were echoing in the hallway.

When we got to the living room, I could hear raised voices – Thorne and Zade in the middle of a heated argument.

"–completely irresponsible," Thorne was saying as I got closer to make out the words that were being said. "You're helping her make the biggest mistake of...