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The band was supposed to be on her bus all the way until the hotel, but Em banished them to the other bus and led Andre all the way back to the largest bunk, sitting him down with a firm press on his uninjured shoulder.
"Stay here," she commanded. She didn't want questions about how he was injured or what had happened. Her mind was whirling with thoughts that the beast had chased them out of the last city, and she only hoped it didn't attack anyone else on her crew. It shouldn't. It hadn't hurt anyone but Andre so far, and she suspected it was only because Andre had fought it.
Why had it gone straight through her? How?
Her hands were shaking as she pulled out her phone and texted Melinda that she would be on the bus alone with Andre and everyone else needed to be on the second bus.
