"Came back? Did he... Is that your blood?" I swept my gaze over Ramsey, but I didn't see any wounds.
"It's his. He was stabbed. The dampener affected the academy's healer - "
"So you need my help."
"Yes." He glanced at Seph, still asleep, and Nebbles, who swished her tail and glared at us. "We need to go right now. It's bad. Really bad."
I studied him carefully, reading every inch of his pinched lips, the tightened corners of his eyes, the worry etched deeply across his forehead. And I believed him. This wasn't a trick. This was really Ramsey in need of my help.
"But I can't leave Seph. There's no way."
"I brought five Diabolicals with me. They'll stand guard."
I looked to Seph, still sound asleep, and I couldn't leave her. Not tonight. Not after the vision I'd had during the séance
