It rained and although Thad wasn’t sure, it might have helped. Siya got one and he was pretty sure the new guy, Henry and Semyon got in on the splashes of blood that mixed with the alcoholic drops. He didn’t stop to count how many. He gathered his leftover balls of broken glass and started to turn. Of course he would follow Veti, where the hell else would he be. 

The fading energy balls he still held suddenly hissed and disappeared. All but one he managed to tuck inside his shirt for some reason. It was like they were white with sparks one second and the next black dark and gone. That puzzled Thad but not as much as the dread the ran from the tips of his outstretched ball controlling fingers all the way to his chest. Damn. Something was……

Inside Max shook. He felt the gates open, he saw the tree and he was sure something was reaching for him. Fuck. He saw Daisy. That pink haired little shit was playing around again and he could feel it. He wanted so badly to just swing that damn door shut . Why couldn’t she, that fuzzy fickle scythe bitch. The cold grip of those branches swung out to Max and he shivered inside Thad.

Thad dropped his hands. He needed Veti. And as if she knew she whispered to him. What did she say? Thad didn’t know and Max was too busy quaking. Thad shook his head sure that he needed to let loose of whatever was going on inside him. Not now. Not now, Max. Veti was leaving the room and Thad was damn sure he was going with her. Fuck Max. Fuck the dead.

Thad ran from the rain and down the hall as close to Veti and her new wounded clan mate. Someone was bleeding and he made sure his wishes were that it was not Veti. Daisy can not have his love, his girl, his life. 

Love, she called him love and any fear that he had melted in her words. He had to keep her safe. Not really knowing what to do he pulled out the last fading glass ball and threw it ahead of them toward the gate. He had no idea why. In some way he was just dumping the thing sure that is was now useless. But it sparked and caught fire on something. Thad just wasn’t sure what.