~Denzel
For a heartbeat, I didn’t move. My back stayed turned to the door, every muscle wired tight. The director’s voice grew impatient as he didn’t get a response from me.
“Hey, you! I’m talking to you!”
I couldn’t get caught here. If I did, my plan to get information about the conniving with monsters would be soiled. I’d have to face trial for breaking in and everything I was doing to protect this school in the shadows would come out into the open. I couldn’t let that happen.
Wind burst around my feet. I spun, jumped, and dove straight through the window. The glass shattered in a clean, sharp scream. I hit the courtyard hard, rolled once, and came up running.
Alarms wailed instantly — sharp, metallic shrieks that stabbed through the quiet night. The school came alive.
“Stop him!”
