Chapter 260

Once everyone else was clear about their positions for the hunt, we went out to load the SUVs. The auxiliary staff had already loaded everything up while we were working—those are people like Juan Diego who are actually people and only know about the Ternion because they have some sort of ties to it, like they could’ve Transformed but decided not to, or they have a relative who is a Hunter or Guardian. Aaron and Elliott still wanted to look over everything before we headed out, but once they were satisfied we had everything we needed, Aaron gave the order for us to load up.

“You ridin’ with me, Son?” Elliott said to Brandon, and I think it was a sort of olive branch, like, “I may have just really made you mad, but you’re still my kid.”

“Sure,” Brandon said hesitantly, as though he wasn’t sure whether to take the branch or snap it in half. I looked at my sister, who had her eyebrows raised, but I knew she