chapter 64

Sage He parts his lips to say something, probably something hurtful, when I hear a bang that makes Andrei and me both jump. “You heard that, right?” I ask, making sure I didn’t hear things at the ass crack of dawn. It might be a figment of my imagination built up to stop the heartbreak which is clearly heading my way, so I really have to make sure. “Yes, there must be someone who needs to speak to me. Wait here,” he orders, climbing off the bed. As I watch him, I wonder why this someone isn’t mindlinking him. Why bang on the door instead? The banging worsens, then I hear it, a man's muffled voice yelling for help. I jump out of bed, my heart pounding, so loudly I can hear it and feel it in every pulse point. "Stay in the room," Andrei commands as he closes the door, but I follow him anyway. “Are we under attack?” I ask him, suddenly terrified of the slightest chance of danger. Looking back in the room and out the windows, I can see nothing, just the first glimmers of the sky changing t