Chapter Seventeen

Ricardo

I drive like a maniac, Harry giving me a stinky side-eye while he clings to the dashboard. He doesn't dare say anything though, knowing he's still in the sin bin.

My heart is beating a mile a minute, Daemon howling inside of me in unrest as I run through the halls of the high school, ignoring the curious stares of the students. There's a crowd outside the gym, everyone whispering among themselves, their eyes big when they see me and Harry approaching and they open like the Red Sea to let us through.

I burst through the doors and comes to a halt at the scene in front of me, my heartbeat slowing rapidly.

Ianthe is unharmed.

"What the fuck Colt!" I growl out angrily.

I was sure something happened to her when he called to say there was something wrong at the gym where Ianthe joined the rest of the senior class for combat training. Instead she's standing off to the side, biting her lower lip nervously, her eyes darting to from me to Harry.

Colt approaches me, his sister Helen