ANDREW “Apologize,” said Parker. “Luna Alpha, they don’t have to,” said Mandy. “I understand.” We were standing in Lucian and Mandy’s suite as he was supposed to be getting rest for the next few days. Mandy sat in a chair in front of us. The rest of our circle and little Kel watched on. We could all tell Mandy had been crying a lot from days of worrying about Lucian and some of that was our fault. We had spoken with Parker early this morning after he’d had his time throwing up in the toilet. We agreed to apologize to Mandy after we visited Gary who was still in the hospital and recovering. We thanked him for saving Parker too. “I don’t want you to hurt anyone because of me,” he’d said. “But Trisha…” Aaron said and trailed off. “Not Trisha,” he said. “I mean Lucian. Our circle

