Previously. . .

Then there was Liam.

He seemed worn out, even though he'd only been watching us practice and not doing anything himself, aside from the quick demo he did on Seth at the beginning of the lesson. His hands were clenched tightly around his fork, but he wasn't eating. Instead, he was staring at Bracken while grinding his teeth. Something about the way he was looking at Bracken made me uneasy. Was it the fire in his eyes as he studied his every move?

Pushing my plate away, I slouched in my chair, feeling impatient. I wanted answers!

Kendra

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality

It's a way of understanding it.

Fifteen minutes. That's how long it took for Grandpa to finally give in. Seth had been staring at him (without blinking even once) from across the table for fifteen minutes straight. I'm not sure if I imagined it or not, because I'm pretty sure it's not possible to go without blinking for that long. At least this meant that we were finally getting answers. Unfortunately we had to wait just a little bit longer.

Grandpa Sorenson had said that he would tell us what was wrong after Dinner. I had a feeling that it had something to do with the angry looks Bracken and Liam were giving each other.

Dinner past by quickly, as I was lost in my own thought and soon enough we were all gathered in the study. By "we" I meant, Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson, Warren, Vanessa, Liam, Bracken, Seth and me.

The study was obviously not fit for all of us to be able to sit comfortably so Warren, Liam and Bracken took to leaning on the wall, while Vanessa, Seth and I sat on the chairs in front of the desk.

After clearing his throat, Grandpa began. . . and what I heard terrified me.

Have you ever had the feeling that your being watched? That someone is constantly following your every move, but every time you turn around, no one's there, but as soon as you turn back around, the feeling comes back. That was exactly the way I was feeling right now as I waited for Grandma to get off the phone.

How could this have happened? Who would even want to do something like this? It was definitely not the Sphinx, that was for sure. Agad had said that he was where he was supposed to be and was doing his job as an Eternal. How was it possible for someone to even get in? Security was supposed to be even tighter since the last time? Also, how were they able to get past all the defenses?

Feeling a wave of tiredness fall over me, I slumped further into the couch. Across from me Warren was pacing back and forth while talking rapidly on his mobile. Seth and Liam had retreated to the garden to spar again while Bracken and Vanessa were in the dungeons making sure that after everything, the prisoners were still secured. (I honestly didn't think that pairing them up was the best idea, but everyone was already, really stressed so they had promised to get along).

I had honestly hoped that everything would go back to normal. We would be able to go about our everyday lives without having to worry about another worldwide apocalypse. Everything would be fine and I might even be able to visit the fairy realm as soon as they were done rebuilding. The way things were looking, I was probably never going to have another chance at a normal life again.

I was shaken out of my thoughts by Vanessa and Bracken slamming the door to the dungeons and simultaneously plopping down on either side of me. Then, as though we were all part of some movie that was being directed by an invisible person, Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson & Larsen came back downstairs, Warren finished his conversation and shut the phone, Liam and Seth walked in through the door and put their equipment away, Coulter and Tanu walked through the front door and we all simultaneously turned our heads to face Grandpa Sorensen.

"As you all know, we've been faced with another predicament. I've consulted with the other Lieutenants of the Knights of the Dawn and we have come to an agreement. We believe that this will be the only way to right the wrongdoings that have occurred." explained Grandpa Sorenson.

"A team of 8 will be sent. They will consist only of people in this room as well as an old friend of mine and Bracken's that will meet you later. I have asked the Lieutenants to keep this information to themselves as we do not wish to spread any panic or distrust among the knights. As much as I would like to keep you safe, now is not the time."

"We must fix this problem before it becomes bigger than it needs to be. For that reason all of you will be leaving in 2 days time. I expect you all to keep this information to yourselves and for it not to be distributed around. Have a good night sleep, we will discuss more of this tomorrow."

"This totally sucks" muttered Seth, loud enough for the rest of us to hear. Judging from the facial expressions on everyone's faces, it seemed like they absolutely agreed with his statement. Well, everyone except Liam. What was up with him?

Suddenly feeling a wave of exhaustion wash over me, I bid every goodnight and climbed the staircase towards the attic, all while trying to stay awake long enough to reach my bed. I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.

A/N: I know I haven't updated, and it's not because I've been lazy or didn't want to go through with this story.

First of all, my wireless keyboard decided it wanted to mess itself up and wont let me type, and there is now way I was going to use an online keyboard. I absolutely hate that thing.

Second of all, some idiot at my school decided it would be awesome to let off a smoke bomb. While I was in P.E. Then it caught on fire. So I had to stand outside in freezing cold for and hour and thirty minutes with a short-sleeved t-shirt on. The only thing that kept me from literally going numb would be that fact that I wrapped myself up in my friends scarf. I also missed last period, where we were going to ice our cupcakes in home EC.

Then when I got home I was freezing for 6 days straight. I'm pretty sure I even hallucinated while watching High School Musical with my little sister.

So anyways, that is my excuse. Also, I don't know if what I wrote makes sense but I'm feeling to scatterbrained to even try and go back and edit it. I'll do that later. I just thought you guys deserved a chapter after the long wait.

I know this chapter is shorter than the other one, but I have a bunch of math homework that I don't understand and the student teacher who is teaching us right now is a complete idiot and has failed to educate pretty much everyone in my class. I also started the Maximum Ride series and CANNOT put it down. Seriously though, Fang is so hot.

Tell me what you think of the chapter and REVIEW! or even just PM me and we can have some random conversation about how awesome Warren is! Kidding. No I'm not, but we can talk about anything or just story ideas. If you have any story/plot suggestion PM me!

I'll try and get a new chapter up next week around Friday.

Till next time, I bid thee farewell!