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– Sparky, to name just a few. It’s almost as if he has…” Murphy tailed off.
    “Has what?”
    “The answer is too troubling to think of,” Murphy whispered.
    They sat in silence for a moment, I kept myself as still as possible so they didn’t suspect that I was listening to their conversation. After a few moments, I heard Potter ask, “Sarge, where are you leading us to?”
    “There is a saying that my father used to tell me when I was a boy,” Murphy said. “If you want to know where a man is going you stay behind him. But if you know where he is going you need to get ahead of him.”
    “And?” Potter said.
    “This invisible man, whoever he may be, is not the only one who can maneuver people into place,” Murphy whispered.
    “What’s that s’pose to mean?” Potter asked, sounding intrigued.
    “I have a friend…someone who, let’s say owes me a favour,” Murphy said.
    “And what’s this favour?”
    “Let’s just say that I know where Kayla is,” Murphy said.
    Hearing this, my ears pricked-up and my whole body stiffened.
    “Where is she?” Potter asked.
    “You don’t need to know…not yet,” Murphy told him.
    “Why won’t you tell me?” Potter hissed, sounding confused. “You can trust me.”
    There was a pause, then Murphy said, “I’m sorry Potter, I no longer know who I can trust.”
    “After everything we’ve been through,” Potter almost seemed to gasp. “I can’t believe what I’m hearing!”
    “Keep your voice down!” Murphy barked. “I’m not saying I don’t trust you…it’s…”
    “It sounds exactly like you don’t trust me,’ Potter said and I could hear him stand up. “I’ve always had your back, Jim – I’ve always done everything that you’ve asked me without question and now you say that you can’t tell me where Kayla’s at.”
    “I’m sure that’s what Kiera thought about her so-called-friends…Phillips…Sparky and -”
    But before he had a chance to finish the list of those who had betrayed me, Potter said, “I’m nothing like those people…I am your friend.”
    Then, I heard the barn door swing open and then close as Potter stormed away. Lying perfectly still, I thought of those I had put my trust in…my friend and colleagues, Phillips and Sparky. But Murphy was going to add another name to that list before he had been cut short by Potter. I wondered who else it was that had betrayed me.
    Suddenly, Isidor shot bolt upright and screamed. I opened my eyes to see him sitting, clutching his crossbow to his chest and panting wildly. Sweat was streaming from his brow and his eyes were wide like saucers. Murphy darted across the barn and was on him in an instant. He threw one arm around his shoulder and covered his mouth with his free hand.
    “Shhh…we can’t afford to let anyone hear you,” Murphy hushed.
    Isidor looked nervously about, as if he were totally unsure of his whereabouts. Slipping out from beneath Luke’s arms, I got up, crossed the barn, and crouched down in front of Isidor.
    “What’s going on?” Luke said, looking up from the hay, bleary-eyed.
    “Shhh, Luke,” Murphy told him.
    “Isidor, it’s me, Kiera,” I told him, taking one of his hands in mine.
    His eyes met mine and I could see the fear in them.
    “Calm down. It’s okay…we’re safe,” I tried to reassure him.
    His breathing began to slow and his body began to loosen. Seeing this, Murphy removed his hand which was still covering Isidor’s mouth.
    “I was having a nightmare…it was horrible…” he gasped, pulling his hand free of mine.
    “It’s okay…you’re safe…it was only a bad dream,” I reassured him.
    “No, you don’t understand…it wasn’t me in danger…it was Kayla…”
    “Kayla?” I whispered. “What do you mean?”
    “She’s being kept in a darkened room at the end of a long corridor. She’s in a bed and calling out for us to help her,” he said, looking wide-eyed between Murphy and me.
    Looking back at him, I said,