Me and Dev walked back to his cabin and had lunch on the porch. Itried to enjoy the lunch and time with him but I still worried aboutthe twins. I got flashbacks to my own quest. In fairness it waspouring and frigid while it was sunny and warm now but the monsteraspect worried me. Cypher had no training and Evelyn had a session.The odds were not in their favor. I worried and worried and worriedtill I couldnt take it no more. I’m gonna follow them. I tell Dev. Hedidnt looked surprised but concerned. But its their quest. He says. So?We crashed Astraea’s quest and ended up helping them. I told him. Henodded. Ok, lets go then. He says and gets up. I bite my tongue.Maybe I should just go. I tell him. He stopped. What? But we’re ateam. He says, hurt in his voice. I know but their my charge and Iwould never forgive myself if you got hurt of worse. I tell him. Iforce him to meet my eyes. Ill be back. They probably wont need mebut I made a promise to Astraea that I would protect them. I tellhim. Ok, I’ll watch over things here. He says. Thanks Dev. I tell himand kiss him goodbye. I run off to my cabin but I swear I heard himsay as I left. I made a promise to you too. I fought back tears andran up the stairs. My back hardly hurt these days anymore. I grabbedmy backpack which I had always ready for anything and made sure Iwas ready. They were probably a couple miles ahead of my alreadybut I could catch up. I grabbed my glasses and gave Hooty one lasthug. I knew I was forgetting something and looked around. Oh howcould I have forgotten this? I think and pick it up. It was a picture ofme, Astraea, Cole, Dev, Annabeth, Percy, and Nika from a few yearsago. This was before Astraea had the twins. Back when we had notroubles. I smiled at it and daggers of grief cut through me. I blinkaway tears and tuck the photo away. I take another look aroundbefore heading out. I knew how to track so finding their footprintswasn’t hard. I thought up a plan while I ran. I followed the prints tothe road. I saw the car. Another thought came to mind. Just a fewminutes away was where my own car had been attacked. I sighed andkept going. I wouldnt say I wasn’t in shape but I hated running. Justa little farther. I think.