"There's seven of us now." Nico's fond smile drooped. "Three are people we've picked up since we ran away the second time."

Raph can do the math.

"Me, Chase, Karolina, and Molly," she ticked the names off on the fingers of one hand, then moved to the other. "Victor, Xavin, and Klara." She lowered her hands.

"Alex died with our parents, when he revealed that he'd thrown in with them the previous year." She blinked furiously, eyes hot. "Gert was murdered a few weeks ago. Because some morons thought it would be a good idea to play with my parents' magical crap and brought Alex's dad forward from the past."