Chapter 11

• The air around us popped with a powerful blend of expectation and disarray. The trios had showed up before me, their presence obvious, just to disappear like a phantom as though they were simple spirits. I went to Sarah and Jason, my voice shudder with distress.
• "Did you see them? Did you see our kids?" I asked, my voice loaded up with a blend of trust and dread.
• Both Sarah and Jason shook their heads, their demeanors reflecting my disarray. "No, Gwen. We saw nothing," Sarah answered, concern carved across her face.