Chapter 16
Cody hated being cut off from the intelligence for an entire day. Caleb dropped him off at his house and he found his parents goofing around the kitchen. Maybe he was imagining it, or maybe they were already feeling better without the many cambion so nearby.
He slept uneasily that night, with fitful dreams waking him twice. The morning came too early, and an energetic Maria drove him to school. Cody changed in the locker room with Skyler, telling him about his Sunday and then he suffered through a game of kickball under Mr. Gorski’s watchful eye. He jotted copious notes through his classes, and didn’t fully relax until he ate lunch with Hayden and Skyler.
“We sent a message to my parents in Central America,” Hayden told Cody before Skyler joined them. “They should be back by
