I trailed after Megan and Reed to the football field. Kento stayed at my side with Jasper right behind us on his crutches. My stomach twisted in knots at the group of kids lined up around the blackened grass from where I'd banished the wraith. The wind was eerily still like it was holding its breath. Even the sun darkened as it drifted behind clouds.

There had to be at least twenty of them and more were joining from all across the campus. When they saw me, cheers rang out, and ...