“We need to figure this out and right now. Something is hunting us as we speak.”

No sooner had he said that, then Drake emerged from the trees, bleeding from several orifices. I looked at Zias wondering if that was what was hunting us. Drake wobbled and went down and against my normal instinct I ran to him with Zias on my heels.

I knelt down to help him, unsure if this was a trap or even if he was really my enemy. He risked his life to give us the hourglass so we could go back in time and save ourselves. I wasn’t sure if he could remember this. He had been badly beaten and his right eye was swollen shut. His nose was off kilter and bleeding; I guessed it was broken. A gash on his forehead oozed crimson fluid. I opened my mouth to speak to him, but he beat me to it.

“Things w...

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