[Bailey]
Before we left in the van for a location far enough to obscure the route back to my clan, but near enough to arrive before nightfall, Livy and Clara pulled me aside. They looked grim, and I worried something had gone wrong. Joey was in the office they took me to. She looked unwell.
“What’s going on?” I asked as Clara locked the door and Livy started dialing the phone.
“You need to sit down,” Clara said. “Livy’s getting Keaton on the phone.”
“Why? What happened?” I pressed.
Livy put Keaton on speakerphone and set her phone down on the coffee table. She sat next to Joey and held her hand. Joey seemed to relax a bit. She looked like Livy’s touch was the only thing helping to anchor her.
“What did Joey see?”
Clara sat next to me and took a breath. I could tell that Livy was not
