Chapter 9The morning sun blazed through the small square window, shining directly on my face. After trying different positions and covering my head with the blanket, I gave up and accepted that there would be no more sleep for me. Torin slumbered peacefully across the room, but Jonas’s bed was empty.
I kicked off the covers and headed toward the stairs but froze when Jonas and Poe emerged from the room across from the bathroom where the meeting of the brothers had taken place. Poe turned and headed back into the room while Jonas approached me, motioning me to come closer.
“We depart in twenty minutes.” Jonas spoke in a low voice. “Poe is sending Ren on an errand. He fears that Ren is too emotionally unstable and doesn’t trust what he will do to us outside of this structure. Once he leave
