Chapter 34
My heart twisted. That’s the only explanation I can give for the pain in my chest, the difficulty of forcing oxygen down my windpipe. I was frozen. We were all frozen.
No, that’s not true. Tank pushed past us, pressing his fingers against Butch’s jugular. For a long moment, we held our breath. Then Tank shook his head.
“Alright.” Lupe’s voice was firm. “Now we know. Time to get out of here.”
“We can’t leave him like that.” I’d thought the words, but they came out of Ryder’s mouth. As unlikely as it seemed, our most uncouth member and I were united in wanting to show Butch’s body respect.
Lupe shook her head. “No time. We need to regroup. Samhain is Wednesday.”
My brow furrowed. “But Marina’s already crossed over.”
“And if she has free rein, she’ll open the node so wide th
