Chapter 96: The Escape
LUMINA
I stood up and took Ollie's hand, slinging his backpack over my shoulder as I said to him. "Come on, let's go downstairs."
Riley followed us silently, not saying anything although I could feel his eyes on me, and I fought the urge not to look back as, his small footsteps were echoing in the hallway.
When we got to the living room, I could hear raised voices – Thorne and Zade in the middle of a heated argument.
"–completely irresponsible," Thorne was saying as I got closer to make out the words that were being said. "You're helping her make the biggest mistake of her life."
"I'm helping her escape a toxic situation," Zade replied calmly, refusing to budge on this matter as he crossed his arms across his chest.
"Something you should be doing instead of
