Caitlin followed Alex as he walked toward the mall, and tried to ignore the frightened thumping of her heart in her chest. Without being too obvious, she kept glancing around, wondering if she would catch sight of the three warlocks, or of a girl with a pink streak in her long dark hair, but she didn’t see any of them. Just masses of people intent on their own business, some leaving the mall, some entering. There did seem to be a flush of people exiting the theater just as they came upon it, but whether that was because the particular show Zoe had gone to see had just gotten out, Caitlin couldn’t begin to guess. Her sight seemed to have deserted her for the moment, although, underlying her current agitated state, she could sense that this was where she was supposed to be.
“No sign of her,
