LEX The portal closes before I get to her and when I take a leap, I just land on the dirty ground instead. Damn it! “ARIA!” a long and exhausting growl leaves my lungs. This can’t be happening! I hid her! I protected her! I… I… I was useless in the end! I hear footsteps behind my back. But too late! Everything is too late! Turning my head, I see the dead boy… I know him. He is Hunter’s friend… and a traitor. It was his fault this happened. I repeat it again and again in my mind. But I know the truth… I am the one to blame! Because of me, we all relaxed and let our guard down! I wanted to give her some sense of normality and brought the whole school with her… I should have just taken her away with me. He’d never track us if we were alone… But I was so stupidly happy and n