Chapter 39 An Unwanted Visitor

• The next morning there was only blue sky and sunshine, which was quite the opposite to what I felt within my soul. Then it was time for school – when they were not in class, we would devise the best course of action to discover The Raven’s plots. Yet always, underlying every single cerebral process, every single physical movement, the ever-present undertone of fear.
• Chase arrived to pick me up as he has always done, and he seemed to be putting on an act, forcing smiles and laughter to cover the nervousness that emanated from his demeanor. During our way to school, we did not talk much, but rather were both immersed in our own concerns. We were out of the parking lot, and there waited Alessandro, not looking jovial but rather serious and determined.
• ‘Are you ready for this?’ he greeted us as we neared him.