Time crawled by each second slower than the one before it. I was wound up so tight I could barely breathe. All I could think about were the horrible things Obsidian could be doing to Quinn. “We should go after him.”
“For the last time, no,” Axel growled. “We stay put just like he asked us to.”
“But you don’t know Obsidian as I do. He’s a seriously bad guy.”
Axel growled again. He had finished eating and grabbed mine and his bowls. Tuff was still eating at the time. “Okay, that’s it. Let’s go.”
“Really?” I jumped to my feet sending the stool I had straddled spinning away. “Let’s go!”
Tuff stared at us with a spoonful of the soup up to his lips. He set it down and shook his head at us. “You guys are nuts. If Obsidian catches wind of you he’s going to attack this place. You should stay h
