The third time I thought the words, the ground stopped rumbling.
Thank God.
I lay there for a second, and then I sat up.
Mr. Hoel was backing away from me. He couldn’t get away with what he’d done.
I didn’t hesitate. Rage swamped my body and I shifted fully.
“The jars!” Luciana yelled, but it was too late. “Where are you, you little b***h?”
Mr. Hoel spun around, toward Luciana’s angry tirade, and I took advantage, leaping at him. He glanced at me at the last second, but it was too late. My teeth sank into his neck.
The taste of copper filled my mouth in a hot wave.
Luciana was running toward us, screaming something unintelligible. I had seconds before Luciana closed the space. When she did, she’d see Daniel, and I didn’t want to know what she’d do for revenge.
I knew the second sh
