up, you 3! Why are

The voice had come from Mason's mother, who was stand

had you passed out on the floor? I made breakfast, so com

er shock. Had all that transpired bee

alk about all this when we co

t. Mason's mother had prepared a feast for them, as expected of a

ead that book Dad got me

s? Of course not. Even if I wanted to,

e paused

ean, Mrs. Collins?"

when we couldn't figure out what language it was, let alone translate

said she had to be somewhere and left them to their own devices. T

p of it. They scanned the room for any signs of the creature that'd attacked them, but t

. It looked like a golden key that had grown rusty over t

age and there's a drawing

tration of the key that Nadia held. B

ha

day, read what it sa

? You d

ook that no one else could read bef

forward, and read out the

d to lock away a spirit. However, it is not the way to unle

ne hand and covered the rest o

citing some ancient poem could unleash. We

nd placed it in her pocket. She noticed that Piper s

alright

ay? Yesterday was Friday, and if we were unconsciou

rlier than expected and c

nt; she wasn't even sure she'd make it back by Monday. T

an buzzing in her backpack. She pu

o, No

experiment, but I did call in sick for you three

asked you to do any of that, and tod

er any of you the whole weekend and to call only after 10:30. I called at exactly

hey could all hear Noelle calling out to her, but she didn't

ck the date and ti

ust as Noelle had said, there was a text telling her to call i

never sent

ason and Piper share

is this

weekend, that doesn't make any sense, right

. She reached up to touch it and felt something wet; she retracted

o bump into any inkpots on ou

om his neck, and Piper's jeans were soaked through with it in her left leg. She stepped closer to

as a dream, it