Chapter 7When he returned to the car, Dane was still sitting buckled in, messing around on his phone. Ned was in Sean’s seat, using the drop-down mirror as he cycled through different tie patterns. They both looked too normal for the way Ned had left, abruptly in the middle of Adonia’s instructions. Sean had assumed Dane was trying something. Well, if he had, hopefully Ned talked him out of it. Chip might know.
Sean opened the door.
“Where’s Chip?” he asked.
Ned side-eyed him, then faded through the seat into the back of the car before solidifying again and adjusting the tie he’d kept, black with white, purple, and red stripes.
Don’t step on me.
Sean picked up Chip from the floor and set them on the arm rest between the seats, but Dane recoiled.
“The f**k is the snake doing where the
