Chapter 44
Liam jerked me toward him, away from Sophie.
“What have you done, Abigail?” I stared at the school nurse whom I’d come to love, and realization dawned on me. She was Lucent’s mole. It all made sense now. Her strange comments about Auras and Christian, the phone call to get the twins to leave the basement while she let Jackson out, and it must’ve been her who left Christian’s notes on my bed. I couldn’t believe it. One more betrayal.
She stared back at me defiantly. “I’m tired of being second best. Sophie’s right. This place needs to be cleansed.”
“The Shadow,” Liam whispered.
I looked up and around but didn’t see it.
Sophie moved toward me, while Liam pulled me backward.
“I gave you a chance,” she said. “I really thought we could make this work, and you’d become the siste
