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Raven gets hurt. Or worse,” said Leslie, “one of us gets hurt.”
    “I don’t plan on dying again. It hurts worse coming back from the dead.” Raven pulled out her phone and tried Ethan’s number again. It rang and rang until finally it rolled over to his voice mail again.
    “Have you told Ethan?” asked Leslie.
    “He’s not answering his phone.”
    “Why not?” asked Ari.
    Raven shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know. It keeps going to his voice mail.” Raven stared at the passing scenery. “Something’s wrong, and I don’t need this on top of the zombie attack.”
    Bree patted Raven’s arm. “There’s a really simple explanation. And we’ll find it.” She looked at Ari and raised her eyebrows questioningly.
    Ari shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. She looked at Leslie, who just frowned.
    “Do you think he and the others are all right?” asked Raven. She didn’t notice the silent co mmunication passing between the other girls in the car. “What if they’ve been attacked too?”
    “They are fine.” Leslie glanced at Raven. “We’ll know for sure in a few minutes.” Leslie turned into the drive leading up to Raven’s house.
    Raven frowned.
    Not one vehicle was parked around the house.
    “Something’s not right.” Leslie put the car into park but didn’t turn it off. “I think we should go to my house.”
    “No.” Raven opened the door.
    “Wait. It’s not safe.” Ari opened her door to get out too.
    “Would you both stop? ” Leslie’s voice was a little sharper than normal. “Raven, you can’t go in alone. You’ve already been attacked once today.”
    Raven looked at Leslie. “And if something’s in there, then you could get hurt. That’s not going to happen if I can prevent it.”
    “It’s our job to protect you. Not the other way around.” Leslie stared back at Raven.
    “I’m not letting you go in and get hurt. It’s not happening. So there’s no point in talking about it.”
    “Yeah, it’s possible we’ll get hurt. But we knew that when we took the oath,” said Leslie. “You need to let us do our job. We care about what happens to you.”
    Ari and Bree nodded in agreement.
    Raven rolled her eyes. It didn’t matter what oath they took, as far as she was concerned, they were her responsibility, not the other way around.
    “We could sit here and argue about it or you can let us go and check.” Leslie raised an eyebrow.
    “You’re not going alone, and I’m not staying out here. So I guess we’re all going.”
    “Raven, that’s not an option,” said Leslie.
    “It’s not up for debate. Either I go in alone or we all go in. But either way, I’m going in side the house.”
    “Fine! Have it your way.” Leslie turned off the engine and got out of the car. The others followed her.
    “Front door or back?” asked Bree.
    “Front,” said Raven without any hesitation. Even though everything had been cleaned up and fixed, in her mind, she still saw the broken back door, the shattered dishes all over the kitchen floor, and her blood. Diane told her, the memories would eventually fade, especially when she started replacing the bad ones with good ones. But Raven knew her memories of dying on the kitchen floor would never fade. How could something like that just go away?
    “Raven? Are you okay?” asked Bree.
    Raven shoved the memories aside as be st she could. “Yeah, I’m fine. I’m just worried about Ethan and the others. It’s not like him to ignore my calls.”
    Bree glanced at Leslie. She lifted her eyebrows questioningly.
    Leslie didn’t say anything, just slightly shook her head.
    Raven saw the exchange, but chose to ignore it. They were always exchanging information that way, so it wasn’t a big deal. Besides she had other stuff to worry about. She went up the steps and opened the front door. Leslie and the others followed.
    “Ethan? Diana? Professor? Hello!” Raven called out. “Is anyone home?” She walked into the room.
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