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The council either pretended to be too busy, or they really were, because after I requested an important meeting with them, it took them an entire day to get back to me. Meanwhile, Cora was having a meltdown, saying we couldn’t waste more time. We had to go now.
“Calm down, Cora,” Rye repeated every five minutes. “They survived three years without our help. They can survive three more days.”
That only went so far. A minute later, she was freaking out again. As for Nico, he hid in his bedroom and refused to talk to any of us. Cora was hurt by his actions, but I understood. After all they had suffered, was it worth putting themselves through more suffering? If it were a trap, the hope that now filled their hearts would become unbearable pain.
But worse than Nico’s behavior was Artan’s.
