Helma had just ducked another crossbow bolt when she heard Alan's alarmed shout."Watch out!"In a heartbeat, Alan was in front of her, taking the hit. Helma's eyes locked onto the young man as a steel bolt pierced his right chest, its sharp end jutting out.Blood stained the arrowhead. Alan stumble
Helma was always the calm one, but now her voice quivered on the verge of tears."Yeah, Alan got hurt trying to shield me from an arrow. It went straight through his right chest. He's fighting for his life in there, in the middle of emergency surgery!""I'm going to call Ethan this instant. You stay
Taking a deep breath to steady herself, Helma whipped out her phone and dialed Benjamin's number."Dean Benjamin, it's Helma."Benjamin's voice came through, light and easy. "Miss King, what's up?"Helma cut to the chase, explaining the dire straits Alan was in. "I need a favor. Can you get me into
The three hurriedly wheeled Alan back to his hospital room.Inside, Ethan sat on the edge of the bed, his face etched with worry.Helma whispered, "Alan's pretty much out of the woods now. If we keep the wound clean and take good care of him, he'll be fine!""It's a lucky break in an unlucky situati
Helma pored over the boy's details. Turns out, he was kind of a big deal at Greenville University.Not only did he ace his classes, but he also ran the photography club.Helma's fingers hesitated over the keyboard. [Someone like him... he could not be involved, could he?]That's when Edward chimed i
Helma's eyes flicked to the task interface on the forum.A few people had picked up the task she'd posted last time; they should be on the case by now.With a quiet sigh, Helma felt a twinge of frustration. So many people were on the job, yet there was not a shred of progress in sight.What was that
Jordan had the boy take a seat. The boy with the scholarly look tried to keep his cool."I can't find my camera.""Gone?" Cole's gaze sharpened."Any idea when you lost it?" Jordan chimed in from the side."I'm not sure exactly, but it was missing when I went to use it last week," the boy replied, h
The guy with glasses looked like he was falling apart, just talking to himself.Jordan's expression was icy as he confronted the man with glasses. "You know what really happened, yet you've kept quiet, letting Ximena and Rana take the fall. Don't you have any sense of what's right?""What's the pric