Chapter 27: Bad Boys

“Jack!”

It wasn’t unusual for Will to be shouting at him from across the void, whether they were at school, at home, in the woods, wherever, but there was an urgency in his tone that got Jack’s attention.

He’d been on his way to his car. Chase had driven that day, and he’d arranged for his friend to take his brother and sister home so that he could be at the driveway when Everly got off of the bus. Even if he had to drive alongside her, he was making sure she was safe while she walked to her cabin.

But there was clearly something wrong. “What?” he called, heading over to meet Will.

“Listen, Everly gave me a recording she needs to be translated. She said that it’s something her German grandmother told her dad after her mom disappeared. The fact that her dad remembers it makes me think it might be important.”

Jack could hardly believe what he was hearing. “Well, yeah, that does s