Chapter 31: The Bomb

“What’s wrong?”

Adrenaline spiked through Mallory’s system. This bomb was going to blow. “Go tell Sister Mary Alice to phone them. I’ve screwed up.”

“Get out.” Trey tugged on her arm.

She resisted. She was the sole source of hope. She alone stood between this bomb and destruction. “No, just get the squad.”

“Not without you.”

She gritted her teeth. “Trey, who is in charge when it’s a bomb? Go.”

His hands grasped her. “You will not die.”

“I don’t know that I’m wrong,” she said. “Everything could be fine.”

“Mallory Sage. Do as I say,” he commanded.

With that, he yanked her out from under the dragon. She gathered her tools as she went. She couldn’t move fast enough.

“We’ll buy new ones. Come on,” he said.

He flipped open a cell phone and dialed as they ran to the church office. He spoke into it with an urgency she’d never heard from him.

Her feet led her to the office, but she couldn’t find Sister Mary Alice. “Damn.”