32
I retreated behind Darius and Destiny as Allegra stood. Her hollowed, dark-eyed sockets made her look like a skull with skin stretched over it.
“What the hell happened to you?” Darius asked. “Who did this to you?”
“I did,” Allegra said. Tears dropped from her eye sockets. “I did!”
“The f**k?” Darius asked in a high-pitched voice.
Destiny roared, and Allegra took two steps back. She wiped away her tears.
“I'm not understanding,” I said.
“I didn't understand either,” Allegra said. “Not until just now. And I'm sorry.”
Destiny leaped at her, swiping her paws.
She passed right through Allegra and crashed into a table.
Allegra hung her head.
“Why did you have to board?” she asked. “Your Aunt Letty told you not to board.”
“I told you I wasn't going to give up on you,” I said. “Mayb
