Chapter 19The house got eerily quiet after Jinx had left. Namir had always liked the quiet, or so he’d told himself, but now he wasn’t so sure. He continued to clean, too jittery to sit.
What if Jinx got hurt? What if they couldn’t get to Ximena? What would happen to her if their plan failed? Would she be punished for Jinx’s deception? His stomach threatened to turn. If Czar was anything like the vampires he’d come across, she would. He didn’t know much about Oakmouth. What he’d heard came from either Gertrude or Chaton, but he believed Czar was worse than most vampires.
The more he thought about it, the more his hands shook. He scrubbed the upstairs bathroom until it was sparkling while his brain played one horrific scenario after the other. They had to get Ximena out, and if they faile
