***James***
I have been awake since four o'clock in the morning.
The horrible feeling I had shortly before midnight last night has dissipated somewhat, but I inexplicably feel sore in my chest and my mark. There is no one around here that I can talk to about it, and I do not want to ring Ella and worry Serena's family further; because I know deeply that whatever happened to Serena last night, was probably terrible.
I just do not understand why it would make me feel awful too. But in twenty-four hours time, Joel, Richie and I would be slipping silently out the door and making our way down to the coast to get Serena back.
There is a knock on my bedroom door so I slide off my bed and open it to find Joel outside.
"Thought I'd check on you before it all kicks off," he says as I shut the d
