Chapter 34

Alessa and James took Kyle back with everyone, silent the whole ride. All three of them were too preoccupied to say anything. Alessa kept thinking about James' advice which suggested that she keep seeing Kyle despite his being married to someone else. Kyle was asleep. And James was concentrating on driving.

Besides James' suggestion, however, Alessa’s mind kept going over how unfair this was to Kyle. Even if they hadn't met each other, the fact of the matter was, that Kyle was being scarfed for Camelot, for Madison and John, for trying to help girls under Jason's control. How was any of that fair? And why was Kyle, a pretty powerful person going along with it?

Once they got back to the mansion Alessa dropped Kyle off to his bed—taking his flask with her—and made her way to see John, who was working in his room according to James.

Alessa knocked on John's door.

“Come in,” she heard and did what the voice instructed.

John was sitting on a desk in the corner of his room where