“Cooper, go with your uncle,” Savannah snapped. “They’re just my hands. I’m fine. Quit it. Go.”

He cursed and then spun on his toes and sprinted inside.

Savannah collapsed against Dace’s spike, exhaling really hard. “Okay, it hurts like a motherfucker, but he don’ need to know that right now. Got it?”

“You got it, Darkling.” Tenn nodded, a ghost of a smirk on his face. “I’m going to fly you down so just chill. You too, Franks.”

I nodded as my body was lifted up and off Dace’s back and onto the ground.

Savannah held her chin high, her hands to her chest. “I’m fine. I’m just gonna walk my happy ass down to the infirmary and wait my turn, ‘kay?”

Tenn and I stepped aside for her, neither of us saying a thing.

Tenn cleared his throat but didn’t take his eyes off the front door. “Dace, please go make sure they’re good. Escort them home.”

Dace flew off without hesitation, probably equally as worried about his twin as we were our Coven-mates.

As the silence fell around me and Tenn, my stomach filled with knots. Words Everest had spoken to me in that dream echoed around my mind. “They’re up to something, Tenn.”

He hung his head and nodded, his hands on his hips. “Yeah, I know. But what?”

“It’s going to be painfully obvious in hindsight, isn’t it?”

“Historically speaking, yes.” His mismatched eyes met mine. “But let’s get you inside. We need Tegan, and I say that as her Coven-mate, not her soulmate.”

I stopped in front of him. “Don’t you dare beat yourself up. He’s your father. He’d rather die than lose you. But also, he knew just like Esther did why he had to take that hit for you.”

His face scrunched up in pain.

“We may need Tegan, but we’re already dead if we lose you.”

CHAPTER NINETEEN

FRANKIE

I had no recollection of even stepping foot inside. One second I was there next to Tenn outside, the next I was in my bed. I had no idea how much time had passed or if everyone else got home safely because I couldn’t stay awake long enough to find out. Yet it seemed I couldn’t sleep more than a few minutes at a time. By the time I decided to get up and find out, I’d been sucked down into darkness again.

And then I’d wake again, gasping and kicking my legs like I was fighting someone.

It was torture. I couldn’t stay asleep nor could I stay awake. I just alternated between the two every few minutes.