Chapter 15Heaven, or maybe it was Hell, surprisingly looked a lot like Poe’s shop. Leo—Leo?!—sat asleep in a chair next to me. Kaden and Torin chatted across the room and I swore I could hear my parents’ voices in the distance. Had we all died in the battle? “Leo?” My voice did not sound like my own. I tried again after clearing my throat. “Leo!” My big friend stirred awake, and once he got his bearings, he looked at me with the biggest smile I had ever seen him wear. “Holy crap, he lives!” Leo beamed. “How are you here?” Whether or not I was alive or dead, Leo should be back in Midland. “I made the trip with your parents. I guess they got sick of me coming over every day and asking for news about you. We arrived this morning. They said you were in bad shape then they brought you here.

