Chapter Forty Four: Joel

Mazakin and Jonah walked back to the dorm hand in hand in silence. Jonah kept his head lowered and he couldn’t help but feel extremely ashamed of himself that he let Nick and Ahpunch deal with the situation on his behalf and more guilt that he did nothing to try to stop the deal from being made. Part of him wanted to cry but he refused to show that kind of weakness in front of the friends he was about to face.

When they arrived back at the dorm room Joel was sitting calmly on Nick’s bed. It was clear from his expression that Ahpunch had just finished explaining everything. Jonah was surprised to see Ahpunch was still in his human disguise. It must have all been very overwhelming for Joel and Jonah found that he couldn’t blame him.

As Jonah and Mazakin came into the room Joel looked up quickly at them and stared at Mazakin with fear.