CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
StolenBack at Julien's house, Ariana and Katie relayed their experience.
John smiled. “Welcome back, Zhanna.”
“Thank you Pentoss,” said Zhanna through Katie. Katie said, “I take back all the crap I've been giving you, Lucas. Activating is freaky.”
Lucas smiled and gave a nod.
Ariana said, “John, it's not safe out there. She knew how to trick us and she threatened Katie and her sister.”
Julien said, “Agreed. He knew where you would be, and an Elder was monitoring the area to pull her to safety. Thank the River you defeated her.”
“I didn't. She kicked me and ran,” said Katie.
“Plus,” added Ariana, “we saw a drone there a few days ago. Same spot.”
“That was ours,” admitted Julien. “Sorry, we needed to keep tabs on you all.”
Katie crossed her arms. “Great. Everybo
