She saw ice spreading on the glass, and shestood up, staggering back from Ren. He had broken his promise and now Yuki-Onnahad come for him. "No," she said. "Wecan't let this happen." Sakura shoved past her, grabbedRen by the hand and hauled him to his feet. Miho yanked the door open and thefour of them raced into the corridor together. Doors were opening up and downthe hall, boys poking their heads out, shivering in spite of their sweaters andsweatshirts. Some of the rooms would be empty — a lot of students wereprobably in the common areas or heading down to the cafeteria for dinner — but there were enough of them to get in the way. "Why is it so cold?" one of them asked. "Is the heat broken?" "Ren?" anotherventured. "What's wrong? Why are you — " "Out of the way!" Sakura shouted, shoving the boy outside. Kara led the way, racing downthe corridor to the central stairs. Her thoughts were awhirl, her heartslamming in her chest.
