Chapter 23: The Figure in Her Dreams

"There was a bomb in my car?" Gemma Lamecraft stared at her ride as it vanished into a sea of fire. Her jaw hung open. "Whoosh!" A sharp hiss tore through the air overhead… "Ninth Senior Sister, watch out!" Brock Yale barked the warning low and hard, grabbed Gemma Lamecraft, and slid them a full step sideways in one clean motion. Thip! A faint sound came from the grass, like something sharp kissing the ground. "Junior Brother! What was that?" Gemma Lamecraft asked, voice tight. "No idea."...