Chapter 5If I wanted to get a head start on thiswar at all, I had to make my plans now, while the sun was up. Thatmeant that I had to reach whomever I couldbefore nightfall, so that I would live through the night to seeanother day. And not lose anyone along the way.
That always scared me more. If I died,well, then it wouldn’t matter. But if other people died it was moreguilt on me, and I’d had about enough for one lifetime.
I pulled out my phone and dialed Carl’snumber, but it rang until it rolled over onto voicemail.
“Call me as soon as you can,” Isaid into the phone and hung up. I needed him to help me with thiswar. If there was anyone who knew the people in this town, it wasCarl. He could help me. And he still owed me after what I’d donefor him in Fort Atkinson.
I went to the academ
