Margot fished her phone out of her pocket, juggling the wand from hand to hand. “Yeah, they said they’re on their way back. Oh, this is perfect!”
Things are going too well, Owen thought, but he didn’t want to burst Margot’s bubble. He hung back as they walked to the agreed-upon rendezvous point, deep in thought.
He was a little worried about how smoothly things were going, feeling like it was the calm before the storm. He half-expected the Darkness and his army to descend on them at any moment. Owen was still processing Logan’s betrayal, which prompted most of these imaginary scenarios. Logan had betrayed both sides, essentially making him the world’s worst double agent. The trouble was that Owen couldn’t bring himself to stay angry.
When he’d first heard, he was furious. And what made
