CH. 7: SECRETS; "YOU SURE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY KIDS?" DECLAN ASKED, STARING THE BLUE CAT IN HER RED-PINK EYES. CAROLINE SHOOK HER HEAD. "NOPE. BUT I'LL LOOK." DECLAN SIGHED, FLICKING HIS WINGS BACK. "OK, THEN." HE FLEW OFF. CAROLINE KNEW HOW DECLAN WAS OFTEN BELITTLED AND FORGOTTEN FOR THE OTHERS. OLIVIA, THE NIGHT GUARD, WAS ESPECIALLY CRUEL TO HIM. HE OFTEN CHOSE TO FLY INSTEAD OF WALK, KNOWING HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD. SUDDENLY, EMMET EAGLE BURST IN, HIS FEATHERS RUFFLED. "INTRUDERS!" HE HOLLERED. CAROLINE RAN OVER AND GRABBED HIM BEFORE HE COLLAPSED. DECLAN LANDED BEHIND HER, FOLDING HIS WINGS. "WHAT HAPPENED, EMMET?" HE ASKED. EMMET TOOK A MOMENT TO ANSWER. "SOME TEENAGERS! T-THEY BROKE IN! AND THEN I TOLD OLIVIA...S-SHE WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WASN'T IN MY ROOM." CAROLINE STARED AT EMMET. "WHAT DID OLIVIA DO TO YOU?" EMMET LOOKED AWAY. "I-I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT."SUDDENLY, EMMET GASPED. CAROLINE WHIPPED AROUND. "EMMA! I TOLD YOU TO STAY IN THE BACK!" SHE CRIED.
