I ran in the dark and couldn't see and didn't need to. I ran as if the ground told me where to go, and the trees opened up like welcoming hands. I ran like I'd run earlier in the day with Richard. They'd know I was coming now, but it couldn't be helped. I unleashed that power inside me and sent it outward, casting like a net to catch a faint, ruffling scent of evil. I had to believe it as I threw myself into the black woods. When he came to, he'd get them into the house and they'd rescue Daniel. I left him with Roxanne and the vampires and Ben. I was liquid and barely contained within my skin. It was like my skin expanded outward, touching every tree and bush. I'd never been so aware of the scent and sounds of a summer night. The marks with Richard were open and roaring. A moment of concentration told me where they were.

Jason and Jamil were supposed to be on the other side of the clearing.

Nathaniel and I lay on the ground at the line of trees, watching. If he ever finds out I tricked him, he'll kill me and have Linus feed my soul to that thing. They'd drawn a circle on the ground with something dark and powdery. He was dressed in the same suit I'd seen him in earlier. They'd chosen the top of a hill that had once been meadow, but some time today they'd bush-hogged all the grass and meadow flowers so that the hill was bare and broken under the moonlight. I wasn't sure how badly he was hit, but I'd hit something. I pulled off one careful shot and he went down. I sidled up to a tree, leaned my arm against it, and sighted on his shape in the bright darkness. She opened a mouth full of fangs and snapped them near his face. Roxanne appeared on the other side of the tree, just there, like magic.

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