t answer my question. He just turned his broad

began tearing through the meager be

bag in the corner. I clutched it to my chest, burying my face

. I stumbled up the concrete stairs,

SUVs. The neighbors were peeking

is little legs hitting the pavement. He sprinted toward me

mmediately dropped to my knees and hugged him tigh

. His eyes were fixed on where my hands touched Jace's back. He was

the boy only deepened the unnatu

thick stack of papers bound in blac

"You sign this, you belong to The Ninth Circle. You breathe a

ked up at Apollo, my eyes wide and clueless. "If... if I si

"You stay inside my fortress, and no one

leeve. "Please stay

reached out with a shaking han

d The Nobody in the exact same messy, s

dark satisfaction gleamed in

Apollo ordered. He turned and cli

ed with a heavy, metallic thud. I pulled Jace onto my lap

oy began

th my left hand, hidden beneath the folds of my oversized shirt, I peeled a micro-tracker th

tared out the window. "Run her

t. A few loan sharks looking for her, but

d still feel the phantom coolne

into the wealthy, isolated stretches

e way the branches were pruned-cleared to pr

hm, but I kept my eyes wide, my m

, a terrifying Wyvern crest welded in

rie. The most heavily fortifi

. The terrified girl vanished from my