Chapter 249

CAT WEPT BENEATH HIM, HER body shaking with sobs and Alek heard the thought echoing in her mind.

Too late, I was too late.

Sabyn reached Loi and gathered her limp body in his arms, face blank with shock while he sat holding her. Leseach joined him a moment later, carefully checking the girl and Alek found himself tensing with irrational hope. Gredel helped Sabyn to his feet, face grim, and Sabyn cradled Loi's body, chin resting against her head. Awful moans and cries filled the air, the other two girls thrashing on the floor, their eyes rolled back and bodies jerking. Daron and Rumal looked pasty as they crouched beside them, at a loss for what to do.

The air near the energy trap started to crackle and Alek sensed her approach. Snatching Cat's face between his hands he whispered urgently to her. 'Cat, we need to get them out of here. She's coming.'

Cat's eyes opened, the green startling against the bloodshot whites and she squinted, her voice thick with pain. 'What?'