Chapter 151: Leigh

5:50 a.m.

Only about fifteen minutes until sunrise, and I wasn't any closer to figuring out how to close the Core. I watched the seconds tick by on Jo's monkey watch she'd loaned me, feeling completely helpless. Time had once again joined ranks with the rest of my enemies.

Black sticks in pregnant gardens. Black sticks in pregnant gardens. What could it mean?

We rode in Callum's car while Jo drove carefully through Krapper without any real destination.

Sorceressi packed the streets, their glowing blue eyes intent on what to level next. Many houses lay in ruins, some roads were impassable because of downed power lines and ripped-up concrete, but worst of all were the still-alive humans. Those who hadn't been caught in some kind of magical spell that froze them in mid-sprint zipped past us in cars. They were horrified. They were running even though there was nowhere to run to.