Toby
WE WALKED BACK TO THE meeting point in silence. The streets were empty – unnaturally so. We were in an industrial area on the outskirts of a suburb. The people living nearby would have no understanding of what happened tonight. They might have heard the explosions, they might have seen the flames, or even the plants growing out of control, but they would never put the cause down to magic. They would hunker down for the night in their nice safe homes, and in the morning, they would do everything they could to forget about it. I just wished we could do the same.
Asher supported Julianna, practically carrying her to keep her moving. I couldn’t tell whether she’d been hurt again or if old wounds had opened up – physically and metaphorically. Either way, Asher’s worry circled her, shutti
