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And then Lunita slowly uncurled from her protective ball and turned to face me. Her eyes were red-rimmed from crying, and streaks of tears glistened on her cheeks.
But there was something else on her face too.
Absolute horror.
“No.” She shook her head over and over and crawled backward until over ten feet of space ran between us. “No. No. What did the witch do?”
Chapter forty-one
The Nasty, Nasty Lion
Kazimir
Lunita’s voice brimmed with fear and despair. “But. . .”
She snapped her view to the little girl. “Now. . .he is here?”
The little girl gave her a sad smile and nodded.
“But. . .” Lunita looked back at me. “Why would the witch do that?”
“It was not intentional.” I took a step forward.
“No. Stay there.” Lunita backed up. “Why did I glow?”
“I hoped you would know—”
“Wake up.” She pointed at me. “W-wake up. This can’t be good.”
I kept my voice steady. “I want to meet M before I go, and I also want to look around.”
“No.” Lunita edged back and wiped the tears from her cheeks. “What do you mean? You are not supposed to be here. Everyone knows that.”
“Yet, I am here. Perhaps, we should take advantage of—”
“You are a crazy person.” Then, she looked behind me and spotted Pavel. “No. The dead man with the long hair is here too.”
Pavel gave her an awkward wave. “I told him that we should leave.”
Lunita turned to the little girl. “Is this real?”
The little girl bobbed her head. “They showed up in the basement.”
Lunita returned to shaking her head. “Go back, mean ole lion. Go protect Max—”
“First, Maxwell will wake up—”
“He is dying—”
“He is healing—”
“You got him shot. . .” Her bottom lip quivered.
My heart ached. “I may have.”
“One for one.” Her bottom lip quivered. “If Max dies, Valentina dies.”
I sneered. “You touch my sister and I will be back on this roof, snapping your neck.”
