“What do you mean Mark’s not here?” I looked around the room, blinking at everyone. Scythe rubbed the back of his neck. “He went to go find you.” “Alone? Why didn’t anyone go with him?” There were so many people in the room around me, and Mark went off by himself. I didn’t understand. Jori approached me and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me closer into him. “We have search parties looking for you. We still didn’t know where you were. Mark wanted to run off to get to you before it was too late. He said he could feel where you were, but there’s no way he could actually sense where you were, so I wouldn’t send the extra men with him.” Jori’s touch was comforting, but I found myself pushing away from him. “You couldn’t spare a few people to go with him because you didn’t believe