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Sylvia and Jordan's arguing washed over Dawn, she barely heard a word of it, lost to her own thoughts. The image of her father in the garden was seared in the back of her mind. Her heart felt like it was buried in the pit of her stomach and tied in knots. But she was in control. She had to stay in control. For now. There would be time for breaking down later. It would just get herself and her friends killed now.

She was jarred back to reality by Jordan's touch. The conversations she'd been hearing but not processing rushed through her mind in a flash.

"Ready." Dawn repeated simply. Her voice was hard and carefully controlled, but there was an edge to it that betrayed the emotions that were contained behind it. "We shouldn't waste time." Unspoken was the reason -- she didn't want Logan to come home to a scene like the one she had been greeted by.

She started towards the truck, then abruptly paused. "Did Mr... the wizard know we were considering going there?" she asked. "Because he's going to go back to whoever's in charge and tell them, if he did. If we're targets. We won't be able to stay there."