POV: Desi Whitmore

I got Emilia's panicked text at 3 PM: Otto found Ian. Things going bad. Location attached. Need help NOW.

My hands shook as I read the coordinates. Two hours north of campus. Two hours of Otto confronting the person who'd manipulated him while still unstable from the blood moon.

This was going to end badly. I could feel it in my bones.

"I need a car," I told Cassio, who was recovering in his dorm room. "Otto's in trouble and I'm the only one who might be able to talk him ...