Just as Alex had expected, his mother’s reaction was not exactly encouraging
“You want to do what?”
“Go and talk to Simón Santiago. If these are his warlocks — and I think they must be, because they’re sure not any of ours — then he should know something that would help us find them. We need to, mamita,” he added, trying not to sound too desperate. “What they’re doing to those girls…it’s bad. Very bad.” And please, God, let her not ask me for any details….
Whether she’d picked up on his urgent desire to avoid discussing exactly what Matías & Co. were doing to Danica and Roslyn, or whether she was preoccupied enough with her own troubles that she didn’t have the energy to go into any more details, Alex didn’t know for certain. But his mother sighed, then said, sounding very tired, “All r
