Book 2: Chapter 8

“He is not back yet?” Aliyah asked Sean and together, they both glanced at Irene who had been pacing in front of the window for the past five hours.

Sean sighed and shook his head. “He said he would be back in the evening and it’s half past ten already. Even if he was afraid of walking under the setting sun —which we know he is not— he should be back by now. I mean, it’s pitch black out there.”

“Something is wrong,” Irene said. “I mean, he has never said he would do something and never do it the exact time he said he would.”

“Do you think he went back home, you know, the High council?” Aliyah asked and both Sean and Irene glared at her.

“Come on Aliyah, cut him some slack,” Sean said.

Aliyah raised her hands up while saying, “just saying. I mean, the last time he snuck out like that, someone died,” she shrugged.

Irene sighed and shook her head. “I’m going out to look for him.”

“Hello, he is a nightwalker, where are you going to look for him?