“What do you mean Jack isn’t here?” Young Claire shifted uncomfortably in her seat. They had given her a chair right in front of Director Sirin’s desk. “He can’t be gone.”
The girl had insisted on coming down here when Director Sirin called them all in for an update. She seemed to think the other Keepers could help her find Jack. Melissa and Jena had both asked why she needed him so badly, but Claire wouldn’t say. She just kept insisting that she had to talk to Jack as soon as possible.
Larani smiled, shutting her eyes and breathing deeply through her nose. “He’s on a mission, Claire,” she said. “Don’t worry. Jack is quite capable. And Anna is with him. He’ll be all right.”
“I need to find him,” Claire muttered.
Seated next to her little sister, Melissa hung her head with a heavy sigh.
