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we sat at the table and emily titled the page : warnings .

i didnt know why .

okay , jazell , what exactly did he say ?

emily asked , pencil poised in the air ready to write .

he said , hes rising , hes rising .

i have no idea who he meant or if what he said means anything .

emily scribbled down , toad dwarf said , hes rising , hes rising .

whos coming and is he important ?

i stared at the paper , the question swirling in my mind .

who did he mean ?

now what did the dwarf tell you , seth ?

she asked .

he said , you wont stop him , little warrior .

he frowned at the last part .

emily added , toad dwarf told seth , you wont stop him , little warrior .

does this mean hes powerful ?

did you have to add the little warrior part ?

it makes me sound weak .

seth complained .

i did because we need all the facts .

its obvious the dwarf was trying to make you sound weak anyway .

now what did he tell you , jason ?

he said , he will destroy all half-lings .

whats that supposed to mean , anyway ?

jason said .

she added the last bullet ; toad dwarf said to jason , he will destroy all half-ling .

what does half-ling mean ?

did the dwarfs tell you anything ?

i asked , taking the paper .

none of what she wrote on the paper made any sense to me .

she shook her head .

no and if they did , i was too busy trying to burn them to hear them .

she took the paper back .

well i think the only thing weve established is that toad dwarves are crazy .

seth said .

i noticed a thin , red line on his cheek where a thrasher must have scratched him .

emily wagged her finger at him .

never dis facts .

they might save you later in life .

seth just snorted .

jason punched him in the side .

listen to emily .

shes actually right sometimes .

thank you , jason .

she said cheerfully , huh wait , sometimes ?

she raised an eyebrow at him .

jason scowled at her .

im admitting youre sometimes right so dont push it .

point taken .

she tucked the paper in her drawstring bag .

you guys want to go to the park ?

they both half nodded , half shrugged , which she took for a yes .

so we got up and mounted our bikes .

i threw the bike lock in my bag , clipped on my helmet , and followed the others .

the three of them raced each other , but i kept my bike behind them .

what the dwarf had said was still troubling me and i didnt know if anyone else was feeling the same way .

i saw seth slow his bike down and glide next to me .

hey , he said .

hey .

then a question popped into my head , what were you doing alone in the woods yesterday ?

he was silent so i yelled to emily , hey , seths lost for words !

emily appeared by me and chuckled .

whats wrong , seth ?

thrasher got your tongue ?

before he could reply i said , i asked him what he was doing in the woods yesterday and he didnt have an answer .

we all know what this means .

yup , hes hiding something .

seth , why were you yelling at jazell for being out alone in the woods when you were doing the same ?

i wasnt hunting down monsters alone .

jazell was doing that , he grumbled , clearly annoyed .

but you were still out alone and you yelled at me for doing the same thing .

the same thing could have happened to you .

do you think youre stronger than the rest of us ?

my voice rose slightly at the end of my question .

no .

he went quiet and tried to avoid our eye contact .

now whos keeping secrets ?

youre breaking your own rules .

why were you out ?

emily can be very demanding sometimes , i actually felt a little bad about involving her in my interrogation .

just a little .

he mumbled something under his breath .

i cant hear you .

emily snapped .

i was out scouting !

he shouted , now can you hear me ?

yes , and now youve made me deaf !

emily yelled back .

why were you out scouting in the first place ?

i asked calmly , trying not to shout it out like emily .

seth gripped the handlebars and i knew he was losing his temper .

i was being cautious so we didnt have to worry last night , he said through gritted teeth .

he was lying and both of us knew that .

i glared at him , nice story seth , now what really happened ?

he didnt say anything and he rode ahead to get beside jason , who was in the lead .

the park slowly came in view .

it was a huge grass circle with a small play set in the middle covered in kids .

the woods surrounded it except for the side that faced the street .

a fountain was near the entrance along with a bike rack .

thats where we parked our bikes .