Chapter 65

Chapter 65

FEY

“ I t’s here,” Jasper said as he pointed. The tall brick building loomed in front of them, the roof illuminated like the rising sun.

Jasper frowned as they stared up at it. “The lights are new,” he said.

“She’s trying to keep the shadows away,” Fey told him. Clever girl . Fey wished she could have left Jasper at home with Alastair, wished she hadn’t needed him to show her where Vivian’s clubhouse was. He shouldn’t be here, not for this.

“You should go back,” she told him as they approached the building. A fire escape ladder dangled against the brick wall, tucked in an alley, inviting them to climb. But Fey hesitated, her hand gripping the metal. “Go home and wait with Alastair,” she told him.

Jasper shook his head.

“I’m not going, Fey,” he insisted.

“Jasper—”

“She’s family,” Jasper said, voice tight with pain.

She should send him away, Fey knew. She should knock him out if he wouldn’t go on his own. There was a good chance his niece was going to die tonight .

But she couldn’t do it.

When Fey started up the ladder, she knew Jasper was right behind her.