The Trinity War (Book 3 of the Trinity series)

Chapter 44

"Caley, oh my Merlin. What the hell are you doing here? When did you get back?" she asked, rushing forward and embracing me in a hug.

"Abbey...what--why are you here?" I asked, pushing her away.

"Caley, I'm fighting. I joined the Order. Trey told me that you were a part of it, too. But you aren't supposed to be back here. Why are you here?" she asked me again.

"I got back an hour ago," I said.

"You should have left," she said.

"I can't," I replied, feeling my heart racing.

"What do you mean? Why not?" she asked.

"Look, Abbey. I need you to get out of here. You're going to get hurt--" I started, reaching forward to grab her arm. She shook me away.

"What do you mean you can't leave, Caley?" she asked me again, her green eyes lit up by the dancing flames around us. 

"I have to find Trey, Abbey. I can't leave without him. I need you to get out of here," I said, feeling desperate. I yanked her out of the way of a flaming orb that was launched towards us. 

"Trey is on the other side of campus, Caley. What are you doing here?" Abbey asked. The flaming orb had hit the ground next to us and had lit the dry grass on fire. I waved my hand and put it out with a stream of water. Just as I did this, though, someone from the Order came charging towards me. My eyes widened when I saw that it was the security guard that I had left alive and conscious in the tower.

"Get her!" the man shouted at Abbey.

"What? No! She's on our side!" Abbey exclaimed, jumping in front of me and waving away an energy ball that he had launched towards me.

"Our side?! She's the one that disabled the security system!" the man yelled. I sent an energy orb at his face, knocking him out cold. But it was too late. He had already done enough damage. I turned to face Abbey, who was staring at me in shock.

"Please tell me he was lying," she said.

"Look, Abbey. I can explain--" I started, going towards her. She backed away, her face contorting in rage and shock.

"I can't believe it. He was right. Blackwell was right. You are the traitor, the one that was leaking information to the dark side the entire time. Just like your mother," Abbey said slowly, staring at me in disbelief.

"Abbey, please. Just hear me out," I said, feeling my eyes well up. This wasn't how it was supposed to happen. I was supposed to tell her myself.

"There's no need to explain," Abbey said. "I just can't believe you would do this to us. To your father. To Trey," she spat out. 

"Just, please. Hear me out," I begged her. She shook her head, disappointment and anger etched in her face. 

"You betrayed us, Caley. All of these innocent lives lost--that's all on you," Abbey said, waving her hand around. 

"Abbey, please. I'm so sorry. You have to understand--"

"I understand enough. You were so desperate to be like your mother that you had to betray everyone you loved just to be like her," Abbey said. 

"No, you're getting it all wrong--" I said.

"Save it," she cut me off, putting her hand up. With her other hand, she conjured up a poisonous vine. It dripped venom onto the ground, causing the grass to immediately die where it dripped. "So is this what you were doing every time you mysteriously disappeared for hours at a time? You were playing spy for the enemy?" she asked, whipping the ground beside her, killing whatever was living in its place with the poison from te vine.