“All right, I’ll come with you then,” Jas blurted. “I’ll fight too. I’m sure the Unity can find something for me to do.”
“I am afraid that we need you here for the moment,” Martha said. “We need further information on the Paths. Sadly, I do not think this battle will be the last. I am sure there will be many more opportunities to fight the Shadows in the future. For now, you can be the most useful to us by telling us more about the Paths.”
Jas was numb. It had been only hours before that she and Carl had kissed for the first time after a growing closeness between them that had lasted weeks. She hadn’t imagined that he would be snatched away from her—that he would choose to leave her—so soon.
“Carl, please,” she murmured, her heart tearing in two. Phelan, Sayen, and Dr. Sparks looked awa
