Page 115 of The Divide that Binds Us

“You idiots,” she muffles with a smile.

“You guys need to get back to the base before the trains start to flood.People are scared and will try to get off the island immediately,” I warn them.

Derrick carefully wipes his eyes.“And you?”

“I have to find Alice,” I admit, tiredly.

“It’s not worth it, boss.I saw what was happening.”Eric’s eyes strangle me.“Th-the Guards are targeting us—Spirit Users!Please, don’t go back there.”

I sigh.“I’ll be fine.Alice can help me end all of this.At least I think she can—I dunno.I just...I need her.”

“End what exactly?Your paranoia?Your guilt?”Lynn questions.“Whatever this is for, Commander, make sure it is for the right reasons.Be the good guy you strive to be.”

“I’m hoping to know what’s right by the time I find her.Now go!”I order.

My three teammates nod before hobbling down the alley while I turn back the other way and reenter the chaos.

Chapter 24

Wave Riding Chaos

Elite: Alice

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Iwait for Master Azulto leave first and then eventually Billie and I will go.It’s too bad we aren’t going to Wave Riding Season under better circumstances, but at least we’ll see a Superior.

We sit in the infirmary in Evangeline’s room as she sleeps more soundly.Instead of lying on her back like some corpse, her body has shifted a few times on her side while she tucks her hands under her pillow.The nurses are optimistic, but I’m not.

It’s not enough.I need to see her awake again.

“What time we heading out again?”Billie asks.She’s cozying up in one corner of the room watching a video with her phone in one hand and eating a breakfast burrito in the other.Her blond tangled strands are roughly combed back into a massive ponytail.

“Maybe in like, ten minutes?That okay with you?”

She takes a large bite and muffles, “Yeah!”

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