Chapter 86 EIGHTY-FIVE

HAWKE'S POV Arleigh Hawthorne collapsed on the floor. I crouched to check her pulse and realized she was still alive. Good. I really don't have time to deal with the Dillards' wrath. The spell was successful. I knew I had done it successfully. I broke the link between my mother and Claire. But why isn't she waking up? Anxiousness started creeping inside me like an infectious disease. I tried to comfort myself with the fact that it had only been a few minutes since I unlinked her. I looked at Arleigh on the floor and decided to lay her on the couch. Then the door burst open and Nikolai entered. I was about to reprimand him for barging in but he looked shaken. "What's the matter?" I asked. "That hybrid. She compelled everyone to leave town." "What?" "She compelled every citizen of this town to leave. Tell me is that part of your plan?" "Hell, no." I was curious as to how Morgiana Davis managed to compel everyone but I was mainly pissed as to why she was doing this. We didn't talk about a