Aurora’s POVMy mother was at the door before the car had even stopped.She must have been watching from the window. She came down the steps fast, and when she saw the state Lucas was in, the blood across his face and soaked into his shirt … her hand flew to her mouth.“Oh, my god.” She looked between us, eyes wide. “What happened? Are you hurt? Either of you?”“Don’t worry.” Lucas held up a hand, easy as anything, that grin already back in place. “None of it’s mine.”“Lucas…”“We were attacked on the way back,” he said. “Some goons. Followed us to the falls.” He wiped his wrist across his jaw, smearing the blood instead of clearing it. “I took care of it.”Vincent had come out behind my mother. He was very still, the way he got when something serious was happening, and his voice when it came was flat and hard.“Where.”“You’ll find them by the waterfall.” Lucas met his father’s eyes. “All five of them. Alive. Mostly.”Vincent’s jaw tightened. He pulled his phone out and turned away,
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