Chapter96: The Escape

Chapter 96: The Escape LUMINA  I stood up and took Ollie's hand, slinging his backpack over my shoulder as I said to him. "Come on, let's go downstairs." Riley followed us silently, not saying anything although I could feel his eyes on me, and I fought the urge not to look back as, his small footsteps were echoing in the hallway.  When we got to the living room, I could hear raised voices – Thorne and Zade in the middle of a heated argument. "–completely irresponsible," Thorne was saying as I got closer to make out the words that were being said. "You're helping her make the biggest mistake of her life." "I'm helping her escape a toxic situation," Zade replied calmly, refusing to budge on this matter as he crossed his arms across his chest.  "Something you should be doing instead of enabling your Alpha's destructive behavior." "Destructive behavior?" Thorne's voice rose as he gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, taking two steps closer towards him.  "He's trying to navigate an impo