Theo heard Lucy’s howl respond to the trackers in the forest. His heart nearly burst with happiness at the sound. Lucy was safe!
He was far away from the hilltop it came from, but with his incredible speed, he ran. He pushed Daemeon for more. He ran as if his life depended on it. He could feel Lucy’s sudden, intense fear quicken his already rapid pulse. He knew that his life, part of his soul, did truly depend on his climb to that clearing. Mere steps before he reached the top, he heard Lucy scream for Jace’s help. Theo was too late. With his last leap onto that hill, still another thirty or so feet away from her, he saw Lucy falling backwards down the mountainside. Jace stood there, with his arms outstretched. Why was he just standing there watching her fall?
Theo couldn’t safely follo
