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I spun around to find Maddock standing in the doorway. My heart skipped a beat. “Gone? Gone where?”
Maddock nodded to the city beyond the window. “Out there.”
Alex appeared behind Maddock with a frown on his furry face. “So he decided to run and leave us with one less guard?”
“I believe he thought it safer that he not be around us,” Maddock replied as he half-turned to face me. “Or rather, one particular person among our party.”
I blinked and pointed at myself. “Me? He thought I wasn’t safe around him?”
“That was his fear,” Maddock confirmed.
“But why?” I asked him. “He said he couldn’t control the darkness inside of him, but I know that’s not the full reason.” I held up the journal. “This proves that there’s more going on then he’s telling me. Then you’re both tellin
