The pain I felt in my heart was deeper than pain that I felt on my stomach which means that Alex was physically and emotionally hurt. I waited and waited for them to come back because the pain was unbearable, and I shook off the burning and bleeding in my heart. The oracle had gone to god knows where, and l was left with the Lunas, and they were just as worried as I was. When we heard them arrive, I ran to meet them halfway at the gate, but the more I approached them, the more I noticed that Alex wasn't there with them. "Where is he?" I felt like the whole world was crashing down on me, but I couldn't believe it. He promised me that he'd be safe, and I knew he'd be okay. "He asked us to take Andrew, and he was staying behind for Max, but we waited and waited out there. Had we waited a

