Chapter 122

"Ten seconds."

"Poh!" I yelled.

"Almost!" she growled.

Crispin dropped to his knees, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Five seconds."

Pop. Ellison. Mase. Moon Dragon. Jezebel. I would never see them again. I released a slow breath and bowed my head with my hand to my stomach.

"Sorry, little one," I whispered. "I tried." I closed my eyes and let my tears fall.

"Initiating self - "

My eyes burned while I waited for my fate. Silence. I cracked open an eye.

Crispin had turned a lovely shade of green. Poh let out a whoop, her shoulders heaving, and wiped her hand across her pale forehead, I didn't dare move in case I jinxed something.

"Are we dead? Is this hell?" Crispin asked. "It's been so hard to tell today."

Poh lifted her middle finger at the box. "Don't all go thanking me at once."

My body began to crumple with sweet relief, springing fresh tears to my eyes, but I lodged an iron pole into my backbone and swiped at my cheeks.